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For GPS Use: The street address is 6602 Foxville Road, Thurmont, MD 21788
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From Washington DC take the George Washington Memorial Parkway north to I495 beltway to I270 north 27 miles to Frederick, MD. Take Route 15 17 miles north to Thurmont, MD. Take Route 77 West, the exit sign is marked Catoctin Mountain Park. Travel approximately 2 miles west on 77 and turn right at the sign for Park Headquarters into the parking lot. (There are 2 parking lots across from each other, one on each side of Route 77.) Drive through the two stone pillars and metal gate into the parking area for Headquarters. (The pillars are labeled Camp Peniel.)
From Baltimore, MD Take I695 beltway to I70 West to Frederick, MD. Take Route 15 North to Thurmont, MD. Take Route 77 West (the exit sign says Catoctin Mountain Park. Travel approximately 2 miles west on 77 and turn right at the sign for Park Headquarters into the parking lot. (There are 2 parking lots across from each other, one on each side of Route 77.) Drive through the two stone pillars and metal gate into the parking area for Headquarters. (The pillars are labeled Camp Peniel.)
From Hagerstown, MD I70 east to Route 66 north for seven miles to right on Route 64 for 1 mile to right onto Route 77 East at a traffic light. Continue on Route 77 East for approximately 8 miles. You will pass Park Central Road and the entrance for the Visitor Center. Turn left at the sign for Park Headquarters into parking lot. (There are 2 parking lots across from each other, one on each side of Route 77.) Drive through the two stone pillars and metal gate into the parking area for Headquarters. (The pillars are labeled Camp Peniel.)
From Gettysburg, PA Route 15 south. In Thurmont, MD, exit onto Route 77 West(the exit sign says Catoctin Mountain Park, go approximately 2 miles, turn right at the sign for Park Headquarters into the parking lot. (There are 2 parking lots across from each other, one on each side of Route 77.) Drive through the two stone pillars and metal gate into the parking area for Headquarters. (The pillars are labeled Camp Peniel.)
Public Transportation
There is no public transportation to or in Catoctin Mountain Park.
Plane
Catoctin Mountain Park is approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes north from Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia, approximately 2 hours from Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC, and approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes west from Baltimore/Washington International Airport near Baltimore, MD. Hagerstown, MD Regional Airport is 45 minutes west of Catoctin.
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Last updated: March 8, 2016