Camp David
Camp David is a 125-acre country retreat for the president of the United States. It lies in the wooded hills of Catoctin Mountain Park, in Frederick County, Maryland, near the towns of Thurmont and Emmitsburg, about 62 miles north-northwest of the national capital city, Washington, D.C. It is code-named Naval Support Facility Thurmont.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Camp
- Description: country retreat of the President of the United States
- Also known as: “Camp Hi-Catoctin”, “Naval Suport Facility Thurmond”, “Naval Support Facility Thurmont”, “NSF Thurmont”, “USS Shangri La”, “WPA Camp #3”, “WPA Camp 3”, “Кемп-Девид”, “Кемп-Дэвид”, “קמפ דיוויד”, “קמפ דייויד”, “كامب ديفد”, “キャンプ・デーヴィッド”, “キャンプ・デービット”, and “キャンプデービッド”
- Historically known as: “Camp 3”, “High Catoctin”, and “Shangri-La”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Catoctin Mountain Park and Catoctin Mountain.
Catoctin Mountain Park
Catoctin Mountain Park is a unit of the United States…
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Campsite
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Foxville and Thurmont.
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Sabillasville
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Camp David
- Categories: military base and official residence
- Location: Frederick County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.64843° or 39° 38′ 54″ north
Longitude
-77.4636° or 77° 27′ 49″ west
Elevation
1,850 feet (564 metres)
Open location code
87F4JGXP+9H
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Camp David” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Camp David”
- Arabic: “كامب ديفيد”
- Azerbaijani: “Kemp-Devid”
- Basque: “Camp David”
- Bengali: “ক্যাম্প ডেভিড”
- Bulgarian: “Кемп Дейвид”
- Catalan: “Camp David”
- Chinese: “大衛營”
- Chinese: “戴维营”
- Croatian: “Camp David”
- Czech: “Camp David”
- Danish: “Camp David”
- Dutch: “Camp David”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كامب ديفيد”
- Estonian: “Camp David”
- Finnish: “Camp David”
- French: “Camp David”
- German: “Camp David”
- Hebrew: “קמפ דייוויד”
- Hungarian: “Camp David”
- Indonesian: “Camp David”
- Italian: “Camp David”
- Japanese: “キャンプ・デービッド”
- Kazakh: “Kémp-Dévïd”
- Kazakh: “Кэмп-Дэвид”
- Kazakh: “كەمپ-دەۆىيد”
- Korean: “캠프 데이비드”
- Malay: “Kem David”
- Malayalam: “കാമ്പ് ഡേവിഡ്”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Camp David”
- Norwegian: “Camp David”
- Persian: “کمپ دیوید”
- Polish: “Camp David”
- Portuguese: “Camp David”
- Romanian: “Camp David”
- Russian: “Кэмп-Дэвид”
- Serbian: “Кемп Дејвид”
- Slovenian: “Camp David”
- Spanish: “Camp David”
- Swedish: “Camp David”
- Thai: “แคมป์เดวิด”
- Turkish: “Camp David”
- Ukrainian: “Кемп-Девід”
- Vietnamese: “Trại David”
- Welsh: “Camp David”
- Yiddish: “קעמפ דעיוויד”
- Yue Chinese: “大衛營”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Flint and Friendship.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Camp David and Blue Ridge Summit Overlook.
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