Our trip to Catoctin Mountain Park was a negotiation from the start. My partner and I brought vegan hot dogs, peanut butter and jelly, and apples. The couple we traveled with brought a cooking ...

Nestled in the mountains of Western Maryland in the northeastern part of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Catoctin Mountain Park was once devastated by logging and agricultural growth in the 18th and 19th ...

Maryland’s Catoctin Mountain Park is closed to the public and 30 park employees have been furloughed as part of the federal government shutdown that began on Tuesday, National Park officials said.

Catoctin Mountain Park will be partially closed from Friday afternoon to Sunday evening. Park Central Road will be closed between the Hog Rock Parking Lot and the Camp Greentop entrance during the ...

THURMONT, Md. (WJZ) --Officials at Catoctin Mountain Park in western Maryland said they have received multiple reports of bear and bear cub sightings in the park in the past week. Even with the ...

Half the parking outside the visitor center at Catoctin Mountain Park will be closed this winter, but the short-term dearth should bring long-term solutions to the popular recreation spot.

THURMONT, Md. (AP) -- Managers of Catoctin Mountain Park near Thurmont say that after seven years of sharpshooting, the white-tailed deer herd has reached a sustainable size. Acting Superintendent ...

We parked at the trailhead for Hog Rock, one of several scenic outcrops in Catoctin Mountain Park. The trail is marked with a yellow blaze on the trees. The Yellow Trail makes a 4.5-mile loop up t ...

THURMONT, Md. — Catoctin Mountain Park will temporarily close portions of the park from Friday, April 11, to Sunday, April 13. According to a community announcement, closures will begin around ...

The National Park Service reminds visitors that the harvest of ramps, aka wild leeks, in Catoctin Mountain Park is illegal and kills native plants. Foraging for ramps has become popular in the ...

THURMONT, Md. — In June, hikers en route in Catoctin Mountain Park happened upon the remains of a dismembered woman. FBI officials have now identified the body as 21-year-old Joanna Michelle ...