Poplar Knob

Poplar Knob is a neighborhood in Frederick County, Capital Region, Maryland. Poplar Knob is situated nearby to the neighborhood Thurmont Overlook, as well as near Altogether.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo and Chimney Rock.

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.

Chimney Rock

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Chimney Rock is a peak.

Catoctin Mountain Park Visitor Center

Tourism office

Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Catoctin Mountain Park Visitor Center is a tourism office, which is situated 2½ miles northwest of Poplar Knob.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thurmont and Graceham.

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.

Graceham

Hamlet

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Graceham is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. Graceham is home to Graceham Moravian Church and Parsonage. Graceham is situated 2 miles east of Poplar Knob.

Creagerstown

Hamlet

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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 southeast of Poplar Knob.

Poplar Knob

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

39.60927° or 39° 36′ 33″ north

Longitude

-77.42138° or 77° 25′ 17″ west

Elevation

531 feet (162 metres)

Open location code

87F4JH5H+PC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 157582097

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

4365910

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