Catoctin Furnace
Catoctin Furnace is an unincorporated community located on Route 15 between Frederick and Thurmont in the northern part of Frederick County, Maryland, United States. It is the site of the Catoctin Furnace Historic District.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: community in Frederick County, Maryland, United States
- Also known as: “Catoctin”, “Catoctin Furnace Village”, “Catoctin Furnace, Maryland”, “Catoctin Furnace, MD”, and “Johnsons Furnace”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo.
Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo
Park
The Catoctin Wildlife Preserve is a 100-acre zoo and wildlife preserve located on Maryland Route 806 in Thurmont, Maryland, United States. The preserve features safari truck rides that let visitors touch and feed large herbivores in a wooded setting.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lewistown and Thurmont.
Lewistown
Hamlet
Lewistown is a census designated place and unincorporated community in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. Lewistown Elementary school, part of Frederick County Public Schools, is located in Lewistown. Lewistown is situated 3 miles south of Catoctin Furnace.
Thurmont
Photo: Art Anderson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Thurmont is a small town in Frederick County, Maryland. It hosts the Catoctin Colorfest, an arts and crafts festival that draws in about 125,000 people each autumn.
Creagerstown
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Creagerstown is an unincorporated community in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. It is playfully known by its residents as "4 miles from everywhere" because of its situation at 4 miles from Thurmont, Woodsboro, Rocky Ridge, and Lewistown. Creagerstown is situated 3½ miles east of Catoctin Furnace.
Catoctin Furnace
- Categories: unincorporated community and locality
- Location: Frederick County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.57927° or 39° 34′ 45″ northLongitude
-77.43249° or 77° 25′ 57″ westElevation
459 feet (140 metres)Open location code
87F4HHH9+P2OpenStreetMap ID
node 158519506OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Irish—“Catoctin Furnace” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “卡托克廷弗內斯 (馬里蘭州)”
- Chinese: “卡托克廷弗內斯”
- French: “Catoctin Furnace”
- Irish: “Catoctin Furnace”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sunday and Baugher Woods.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Catoctin Parish Episcopal Church and Museum of the Iron Worker.
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