Camp Greentop
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.Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Campsite
- Description: park historic district in Frederick County, Maryland, United States
- Also known as: “Camp (2) Greentop Historic District”, “Camp 2 Greentop Historic District”, and “Camp Greentop Historic District”
- Address: 15001 Park Central Road, Thurmont, MD
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Catoctin Mountain Park and Catoctin Mountain.
Catoctin Mountain Park
Catoctin Mountain
Peak
Photo: Vegemighty, CC0.
Catoctin Mountain, along with the geologically associated Bull Run Mountains, forms the easternmost mountain ridge of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which are in turn a part of the Appalachian Mountains range.
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 1½ miles southeast of Camp Greentop.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Foxville and Garfield.
Foxville
Hamlet
Photo: Jb91archivist, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Foxville is an unincorporated community in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. Foxville is located on Maryland Route 77, 4.7 miles west of Thurmont.
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 3½ miles southwest of Camp Greentop.
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.
Camp Greentop
- Categories: historic district, tourism, and camping
- Location: Frederick County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.64495° or 39° 38′ 42″ northLongitude
-77.47669° or 77° 28′ 36″ westElevation
1,749 feet (533 metres)Open location code
87F4JGVF+X8OpenStreetMap ID
way 410943548OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=camp_siteWikidata ID
Q5027212
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Camp Greentop” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Camp Greentop Historic District”
- French: “district historique de Camp Greentop”
- French: “District historique de Camp Greentop”
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