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Things to do in Thurmont

25 activities, venues and outings in Thurmont, from theatres and live music to parks and tours.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

Cunningham Falls State Park, Thurmont
Photo: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY 4.0 (licence)

Things to do in Thurmont

  1. Do

    Colorfest

    A huge arts and crafts festival that takes place over one weekend annually. Several thousand people flock to the town for it. The festival completely takes over the town.

  2. Do

    Magnolia Meadow Farm

    Pick pumpkins at the pumpkin patch, navigate your way through the corn maze, and even fire the two pumpkin cannons at 50 foot tall Transformer robots!

  3. Do

    Beach at Hunting Creek Lake

    Sandy beach on a small lake in the middle of the forest. Swimming in the lake is allowed only between the weekend before Memorial Day and Labor Day. Lifeguards are typically on duty every day between Memorial Day and Labor Day, between 11AM and 6PM. Arrive early in the day because capacity is limited, and people are turned away when capacity is reached, which often happens by mid-morning on weekends and holidays.

    Small charge at entrance, paid in cash

  4. Do

    Catoctin Breeze Vineyard

    15184 Roddy Road

    Tasting and tours Sat Sun noon-5PM. Tours by appointment Mon-Fri 10AM-3PM

  5. Do

    Maple Run Golf Course

    13610 Moser Road

    10AM-5PM$11-28

  6. DoNature reserve

    Cunningham Falls State Park

    Cunningham Falls State Park is a Maryland state park located west of Thurmont, Maryland, in the United States. The state park is the home of Cunningham Falls, the largest cascading waterfall in Maryland, a 43-acre (17 ha) man-made lake, and the remains of a historic iron furnace. The park is one of several protected areas occupying 50-mile-long Catoctin Mountain; it is bordered on its north by Catoctin Mountain Park and on its south by Frederick Municipal Forest.

  7. DoSummit

    Chimney Rock

    432 m high

  8. DoPark

    Roddy Road Park

    7885 Roddy Creek Rd

  9. DoPark

    East End Park

    Rocky Ridge Rd

  10. DoPark

    Ice Plant Park

    104 Spalding Aly

  11. DoNational park

    Catoctin National Park

  12. DoLive music venue

    The Vault, 1891

    4 W Main St

  13. DoPark

    Eyler Road Park

    15 Eyler Rd

  14. DoPark

    Big Hunting Creek

    6602 Foxville Rd

  15. DoAmusement park

    Thurmont Riding Club Inc.

    14981 Roddy Rd

  16. DoNational park

    Catoctin Mountain National Park

  17. DoPark

    Catoctin Mountain Park

    6602 Foxville Rd

  18. DoPark

    Thurmont Dog Park

    804 E Main St

  19. DoSummit

    Wolf Rock

    427 m high

  20. DoPark

    Eyler Road Recreation Area

  21. DoNature reserve

    Frank Bentz Pond Fish Management Area

  22. DoPark

    Mechanicstown Square Park

    1 North Church Street

  23. DoPark

    Thurmont Memorial Park

  24. DoPark

    Thurmont Park

  25. DoPark

    Woodland Park

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Thurmont (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Place data from Overture Maps. Some descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).