Travel Tips: Thurmont offers history, plenty to do
It seems like more and more of my trips have been within the state of Maryland. I am not complaining, merely mentioning the fact there are plenty of places to visit in the Free State. Thurmont in Frederick County is one more.

The town is nestled at the foothills of the Catoctin Mountains. According to a brochure put out by the National Park Service, beginning in 1935 more than 10,000 acres were acquired by the federal government and developed as the Catoctin Mountain Recreational Demonstration Area, a Depression-era program to find new uses for marginally productive lands.

Under the management of the National Park Service since November 1936 and the Maryland State Forest and Park Service since 1954, the land has been allowed to revert to eastern hardwood forest habitat.

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