Catoctin Mountain Park in Thurmont will close portions of its park June 19-21, due to increased security measures, according to a community announcement. Closures will begin at approximately at noon ...

Maryland may not be the largest state, but it is home to a wide variety of landscapes, including this mountain state park ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. May 2—Art has been part of the history of national parks since the 1860s when Hudson River School painters captured the majestic ...

Feb. 26—Catoctin Mountain Park and wooded areas in northern Frederick County are likely home to animals once thought to be extinct in the state: fishers. Fishers (Pekania pennanti) are part of the ...

THURMONT -- Catoctin Mountain Park offers some of the best preserved natural resources of 80 major national parks, said James Nations, of the National Parks Conservation Association, at the annual ...

It’s always a thrill to get the first glance of the Catoctin Mountain ridge, rising in a purple haze above the horizon as you top a hill driving toward Frederick on Interstate 70. It’s the first ...

Part of Catoctin Mountain Park will be closed from approximately noon on May 1 through approximately noon on May 3, due to increased security measures. Park Central Road will be closed between the Hog ...

Maryland might not be known for its dramatic mountain hikes, but the Old Line State is surprisingly rocky. In the north of the state, the land rises to the Catoctin Mountains; just over the border in ...

THURMONT, Md. (AP) — Officials of Catoctin Mountain Park near Thurmont are mining the property’s past for a multifaceted celebration of the National Park Service centennial. Saturday’s event at Camp ...

THURMONT, Md. (AP) — The National Park Service is lifting restrictions on boulder-climbing at Catoctin Mountain Park near Thurmont. Park Superintendent Rick Slade said in a statement Thursday that ...