Catoctin Mountain and Frederick County

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State: Maryland
Date Submitted: April 1, 2009
Submitted by: gjjmss
Motorcycle Road Length: 64 Miles

Written Directions

From Libertytown, MD take route 550 north west up to Sabillasville, MD. Continue on 550 as it turns a corner and starts heading southwest and then joins up and merges with route 491 south. Take 491 southwest down to Smithsburg, MD. Next take a left on to route 77 and head southeast thru Thurmont and on to Detour. Continue as route 77 becomes Middleburg Road and pass through Feeserburg and then take a right on to Union Bridge Road and head south. Take a right on to Main Street in Union Bridge, MD and continue as Main Street turns into route 75 and just stay on 75 as it takes you into Libertytown, MD.

Scenery

Very beautiful scenery with many stretches in nice cool woodlands. You can also find several covered bridges just off the main route. Carroll County, MD is one of the prettier farm counties in the State of Maryland. Thurmont, MD is near Camp David and Catoctin Mountain Park (CMP). CMP as many trails and fishing. Route 550 is a very pretty road with several fruit stands. Thurmont also has several good country stylerestaurants.

Road Quality

There are twists, turns and good straight-aways on this route. The roads are all asphalt which are fairly well maintained.

Roadside Amenities

Several goodrestaurantsand fruit stands are available. AroundHalloween, one farmer near Creagerstown, has a Pumpkin Cannon. It works with compressed air and can fire a small pumpkin 100 yards or so.

Additional Info

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Reviewed by Guest on June 30, 2010 (0 out of 0 members found this review useful.)
Creator: Kevin
motorcycle_year: 2000
motorcycle_make: Suzuki
motorcycle_type: Standard
Comment: I drove part of this in my Saab while in town for a wedding, up in CMP. Catoctin Hollow Road is probably the best road I have ever driven on. It's off of 77. I was sawing up and down the gears the whole time, turbo whistling all the way. I wish I had my bike there.
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Reviewed by Guest on February 21, 2010 (0 out of 0 members found this review useful.)
Creator: Cdawg
motorcycle_year: 1996
motorcycle_make: Harley-Davidson
motorcycle_type: Cruiser
Comment: It is a nice ride
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