Overview
Frederick County is in the Capital Region of Maryland.
3 things to do
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Best things about Frederick County
Elk Run Vineyards
Live music Friday evenings in the summer.
Linganore Winecellars/Berrywine Plantation
The Berrywine label is used for their fruit or honey wines; the Linganore label is for grape wines grown on the 230-acre estate. There is live music in the summer on Sunday afternoons, 2PM-5PM.
Loew Vineyards
A small family-operated winery.
Plan your trip
Best time to visit & weather
Most comfortable: Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct. Summer highs reach about 90°F; winter lows dip to about 30°F. Very hot (Jul) — plan outdoor time for mornings. Wettest: Jul and Sep. (climate data from nearby Baltimore)
Blue bars: average daily high and low (°F). Purple columns: average monthly rain and melted snow (inches).
Getting there
- From you: to see whether to drive or fly, and how long it takes.
- HGR Hagerstown Regional Richard A Henson Field, Hagerstown — 24 mi away. Directions
- IAD Washington Dulles International Airport, Dulles — 36 mi away (major hub). Directions
Frederick is the center of Frederick County in every way—most of the transportation options will take you here.
Full “Get in” guide ↓Sample 3-day trip
- Day 1: Frederick — National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Monocacy National Battlefield, Schifferstadt Architectural Museum.
- Day 2: Thurmont — Catoctin Furnace, Catoctin Wildlife Preserve, Thurmont Community Park.
- Day 3: Brunswick — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Towpath, Brunswick Railroad Museum, Rivers Edge Mountain Bike Trails.
Built from the best-covered destinations in this region; open each for its own day plan.
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Places in Frederick County
Understand
The mysterious snallygaster, a dragon-like beast with sightings going back hundreds of years, supposedly dwells in the mountains of western Frederick County.
Braddock Heights, an unincorporated community in the county, was the setting for a third-season episode of the TV series The X-Files, although it was filmed in Vancouver, Canada. See X-Files tourism.
Other destinations
- Catoctin Mountain Park
- Cunningham Falls State Park — Cunningham Falls is the largest cascading waterfall in Maryland
Get in
Frederick is the center of Frederick County in every way—most of the transportation options will take you here.
By car
Interstate 70 (from points to the east and west) and Interstate 270 (from the south, including Washington, D.C.) are important highways.
By bus
Maryland Transit Administration commuter buses 204 and 515 and Greyhound intercity buses serve Frederick.
By train
MARC provides commuter rail service to Brunswick, Frederick, and Point of Rocks, on the Brunswick Line, which originates at Union Station in Washington DC.
See
Many attractions are located in Frederick, which has an attractive historic downtown area and several Civil War sites. Outside of Frederick, see the beautiful mountains in Catoctin Mountain Park and the exotic animals at Catoctin Wildlife Preserve & Zoo in Thurmont.
Do
Vineyards
Frederick County has its own wine trail.
Cities and towns
- Braddock Heights
- Brunswick
- Frederick
- Middletown
- Thurmont
Nearby
Boonsboro
City / town · 6 listings · 14 mi away
Rural Montgomery County
Rural area · 17 listings · 16 mi away
Sharpsburg
City / town · 11 listings · 19 mi away
Harpers Ferry
City / town · 24 listings · 21 mi away
Hagerstown
City / town · 48 listings · 21 mi away
Germantown
City / town · 15 listings · 21 mi away
Shepherdstown
City / town · 13 listings · 22 mi away
Westminster
City / town · 8 listings · 23 mi away
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