Catoctin Mountain Park

President Franklin D. Roosevelt created programs to give people a chance to rebuild their lives from the Great Depression. The Works Progress Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps gave this land a second opportunity and through re-growth, a new role as a recreation area.

What you’ll hear

70 places to explore in this park.

• Blacksmith's Shop
• Blue Blazes: A Fatal Shootout
• Blue Blazes: Brook Trout
• Blue Blazes: Signs of a Healthy Stream
• Blue Blazes: The Discovery
• Blue Blazes Whiskey Still
• Blue Ridge Summit Overlook
• Brown's Farm Trail Stop 10: The Stone Wall
• Brown's Farm Trail Stop 11: Food and Shelter
• Brown's Farm Trail Stop 12: The Spring
• Brown's Farm Trail Stop 2: Wetlands
• Brown's Farm Trail Stop 3: The Streambed
• Brown's Farm Trail Stop 4: Invasive Plants
• Brown's Farm Trail Stop 5: Cycle of Life
• Brown's Farm Trail Stop 6: The Pine Grove
• Brown's Farm Trail Stop 7: The Farmhouse
• Brown's Farm Trail Stop 8: The Bank Barn
• Brown's Farm Trail Stop 9: Forest Succession
• Camp Round Meadow Electric Vehicle Charging
• Catoctin Visitor Center Electric Vehicle Charging Station
• Charcoal Exhibit Trail: Collier's Hut
• Charcoal Exhibit Trail: Fueling the Furnace
• Charcoal Exhibit Trail: Making Charcoal
• Charcoal Exhibit Trail: Preparing the Hearth
• Charcoal Exhibit Trail: Wood Hauler's Sled
• Charcoal Exhibit Trail: Wood - The Essential Ingredient
• Chestnut Picnic Area
• Chestnut Picnic Area Restrooms
• Chimney Rock
• Cunningham Falls
• Deerfield Nature Trail Stop 10: Stream
• Deerfield Nature Trail Stop 11: Japanese Barberry
• Deerfield Nature Trail Stop 12: Shagbark Hickory
• Deerfield Nature Trail Stop 13: Christmas Fern
• Deerfield Nature Trail Stop 14: Marginal Wood Fern
• Deerfield Nature Trail Stop 15: Tulip Poplar Tree
• Deerfield Nature Trail Stop 1: Rhyolite Outcrop
• Deerfield Nature Trail Stop 2: Bear Corn
• Deerfield Nature Trail Stop 3: Coppiced Trees
• Deerfield Nature Trail Stop 4: Beech Tree Burl
• Deerfield Nature Trail Stop 5: Owens Creek
• Deerfield Nature Trail Stop 6: Decomposition
• Deerfield Nature Trail Stop 7: Northern Spicebush
• Deerfield Nature Trail Stop 8: The Stone Wall
• Deerfield Nature Trail Stop 9: Sugar Maple
• Hog Rock
• Hog Rock Parking Area Restroom
• Lewis Pond
• Owens Creek Picnic Area
• Owens Creek Picnic Area Restrooms
• Owens Creek Sawmill
• Peniel (Park Headquarters)
• Safety at Catoctin Mountain Park
• The Round Meadow Rain Garden
• Thurmont Vista
• Trailhead: Blue Blazes Whiskey Still Trail
• Trailhead: Blue Ridge Summit
• Trailhead: Browns Farm North Terminus
• Trailhead: Catoctin National Recreation Trail
• Trailhead: Charcoal Exhibit Trail
• Trailhead: Chimney Rock & Wolf Rock
• Trailhead: Cunningham Falls Nature Trail
• Trailhead: Deerfield Nature
• Trailhead: Gateway Trail
• Trailhead: Hog Rock
• Trailhead: Horse Trail
• Trailhead: Spicebush Trail
• Trailhead: Thurmont Vista
• Trailhead: Wolf Rock
• Wolf Rock