Hunting Creek Acres

Hunting Creek Acres is a hamlet in Frederick County, Capital Region, Maryland. Hunting Creek Acres is situated nearby to the hamlet Leisure Mountain, as well as near June Acres.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hunting Creek Lake and Catoctin Mountain Park Visitor Center.

Hunting Creek Lake

Reservoir

Photo: Abbygails, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hunting Creek Lake is a reservoir.

Catoctin Mountain Park Visitor Center

Tourism office

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Catoctin Mountain Park Visitor Center is a tourism office, which is situated 2 miles northeast of Hunting Creek Acres.

Camp Greentop

Campsite

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Camp Greentop is located in Catoctin Mountain Park near Thurmont, Maryland. The camp was built by the Works Progress Administration labor program in the development of what was then known as the Catoctin Mountain Recreational Demonstration Area, and comprises 22 rustic log buildings including sleeping cabins, administrative buildings and lodges. Camp Greentop is situated 2½ miles north of Hunting Creek Acres.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Foxville and Garfield.

Foxville

Hamlet

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Foxville is an unincorporated community in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. Foxville is located on Maryland Route 77, 4.7 miles west of Thurmont. Foxville is situated 2 miles northwest of Hunting Creek Acres.

Garfield

Hamlet

Garfield is an unincorporated community in Frederick County, Maryland, United States, situated within the District 6, Catoctin. Garfield appears on the Myersville U.S. Geological Survey Map and is located in the Eastern Time Zone. Garfield is situated 2½ miles west of Hunting Creek Acres.

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.

Hunting Creek Acres

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Frederick County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.60982° or 39° 36′ 35″ north

Longitude

-77.47749° or 77° 28′ 39″ west

Elevation

1,332 feet (406 metres)

Open location code

87F4JG5F+W2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158356621

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4358732

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