Places to Explore

• Catoctin Mountain Park

• Cumberland

  Surrounded by the deep blue Allegheny Mountains, Cumberland appears plucked from a Currier-and-Ives print. Tall steeples jut into the sky and elegant 19th-century mansions line the hillsides. In the 1800s... (more)

• Deep Creek Lake

• Emmitsburg

  Tucked among the verdant foothills of the Catoctin Mountains, Emmitsburg is a sweet small town with a distinctly Catholic flavor. Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American-born saint, founded the country's... (more)

• Fort Frederick State Park

• Frederick

  In recent years Frederick has become a bedroom community for Washington and, as a result, museums that chronicle the city's rich history now share the cobblestone streets with upscale boutiques and restaurants... (more)

• Grantsville

  Two miles south of the Mason-Dixon Line, Grantsville is a village amid some of the most productive farmland in the region. It is also in the heart of the county's Amish and Mennonite communities. To the... (more)

• Hagerstown

  Hagerstown has always had a bit of an identity crisis. In Colonial days it was considered the last bastion of civilization before the frontier. During the Civil War, Union and Confederate troops played... (more)

• Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

• New Market

  The name of the town is a little misleading, since most visitors come here seeking the old, not the new. New Market touts itself as Maryland's antiques capital. Though no longer a quiet country hamlet... (more)

• Oakland

  Tiny Oakland, perched on a mountain plateau at the far western end of the state, is a true escape from the big-city bustle. Its heyday was in the late 1800s, when a number of opulent hotels catered to... (more)

• Sharpsburg