CAPITAL REGION Weinberg Center for the Arts ATTRACTIONS & RECREATION Olde Mother Brewing 20 W Patrick St, Frederick, 301-600-2828 www.weinbergcenter.org A showcase for the performing arts, housed in a historic 1926 movie palace. Presenting music, dance, theater, classic films and family entertaiment. d $ See ad on page 36. 911 E Patrick St, Frederick, 301-624-1700 www.oldemother.com Frederick’s smallest craft brewery with a comfortable, friendly atmosphere and tasting room; all small-batch craft ales are brewed on premise. d A privately-owned “garden cemetery” with nearly 40,000 inhabitants, including Francis Scott Key, Barbara Fritchie and Revolutionary War veterans. SHOPPING Emporium Antiques Museum of Frederick County History 24 E Church St, Frederick, 301-663-1188 www.frederickhistory.org Enjoy 300 years of county history with exhibits, tours and hands-on activities for all ages in galleries, a bookstore and heritage garden. d $ Roads & Rails Museum 112 E Patrick St, Frederick, 301-662-7099 www.emporiumantiques.com Warehouse (c. 1918) filled with 130 quality antiques dealers and offering an exceptional variety of fine antiques. d e Baker Park W 2nd & N Bentz sts, Frederick, 301-600-1492 www.visitfrederick.org/listing/ baker-park/12 A 44-acre park featuring a carillon, band shell, tennis courts, swimming pool, playgrounds and Culler Lake; summer concerts and events year-round. d 200 N East St, Frederick, 301-624-5524 www.roadsnrails.com Museum with one of the world’s largest miniature train displays and a gigantic LEGO train display that’s great for families and loved by all ages. d $ Gaithersburg HISTORY & HERITAGE National Museum of Civil War Medicine Gaithersburg Community Museum 9 S Summit Ave, Gaithersburg, 301-258-6160 https://www.gaithersburgmd.gov/ about-us/city-facilities/gaithersburg-community-museum Sky Stage Barbara Fritchie House 154 W Patrick St, Frederick, 301-591-4435 www.barbarafritchie.org The reconstructed home of Barbara Fritchie, heroine of John Greenleaf Whittier’s Civil War poem with her words to Stonewall Jackson; now an Airbnb. 59 S Carroll St, Frederick, 301-662-4190 www.skystagefrederick.com A roofless community arts venue offering concerts, dance, open mics, drum circles, comedy, theater, film, artisan marts and art installations. d $ 48 E Patrick St, Frederick, 301-695-1864 www.civilwarmed.org Immersive exhibits illustrating the American Civil War stories of patients, caregivers and medical innovations. Education programs, tours and museum store. d $ See ad on page 75. St. John’s Cemetery Rose Hill Manor Park & Children’s Museum History, trains and hands-on fun at a museum in Olde Towne Gaithersburg’s rail complex with indoor/outdoor interpretive local history exhibits. Best Farm L’Hermitage 4801 Urbana Pike, Frederick, 301-662-3515 www.nps.gov/mono/learn/historyculture/ hermitage.htm Once part of a 748-acre plantation known as L’Hermitage, 50 to 90 enslaved African-Americans worked this plantation in the 18th and 19th centuries. 112 E 2nd St, Frederick, 301-662-8288 www.stjohn-frederick.org/stjohncemetery Burial site of U.S. Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, 29th Maryland Governor Enoch Louis Lowe and Founder of Boston College Fr. John McElroy, dating back to 1845. d 1611 N Market St, Frederick, 301-600-1650 www.rosehillmuseum.com Hands-on history for children of all ages with a manor house (c. 1790), garden, log cabin, carriage collection, blacksmith shop and icehouse; NRHP. d $ Gaithersburg-Washington Grove Fire Museum Summers Farm Schifferstadt Architectural Museum 13 E Diamond Ave, Gaithersburg, 301-646-1222 www.gwgvfd.org/content/museum Museum hosting a restored Diamond-T 1941 pumper firetruck as well as uniforms, badges, department logs, radios and other items dating to the 1920s. d OUTDOOR RECREATION Dragon Distillery 1341 Hughes Ford Rd Ste 108, Frederick, 301-378-2514 www.dragondistillery.com 5620 Butterfly Ln, Frederick, 301-620-9316 www.summersfarm.com Fall harvest festival includes pick-your-own pumpkins; farm animals; slides; jumping pillow; corn maze, wagon rides, homemade apple cider donuts and much more. $ Tenth Ward Distilling Co. 1110 Rosemont Ave, Frederick, 301-663-3885 www.frederickcountylandmarksfoundation.org Schifferstadt is one of the oldest houses in Frederick with a stone structure (c. 1758) that displays a rare example of German Colonial architecture. $ OUTDOOR RECREATION Seneca Creek State Park Specializes in small-batch artisan spirits made from the finest locally-sourced ingredients in a sustainable and environmentally friendly manner. $ Flying Dog Brewery 4607 Wedgewood Blvd, Frederick, 301-694-7899 www.flyingdogbrewery.com As one of the fastest-growing regional craft breweries in the mid-Atlantic, has been brewing world-class beer that pushes the confines of traditional styles for almost 25 years. Its tasting room in Frederick offers more than 20 beers on tap including limited releases that can only be found at the brewery. d 508 E Church St, Frederick, 301-662-4090 www.tenthwarddistilling.com Off-beat spirits with unconventional ingredients and aging techniques. Also offers tours and tastings that recollect Frederick’s booze history. HISTORY & HERITAGE Clustered Spires Golf Course 11950 Clopper Rd, Gaithersburg, 301-924-2127 http://dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/ pages/central/seneca.aspx Opportunities for hiking, biking, fishing, and picnicking. 27-hole disc golf course, boat rentals, live animals, tire playground and historic sites. Free entry Mon through Fri. d $ c SHOPPING Lakeforest Shopping Center Beatty-Cramer House 9010 Liberty Rd, Frederick, 301-668-6088 www.frederickcountylandmarksfoundation.org/ fclf_bcgen.html Rare Dutch architecture (c. 1732) with timber frame and original brick house alongside 19th-century additions, including a smokehouse and springhouse. 701 Russell Ave, Gaithersburg, 301-670-0599 www.shoplakeforest.com Find one of the most complete selections of stores, restaurants and services with more than 140 shopping choices. 8415 Gas House Pike, Frederick, 301-600-1295 www.clusteredspiresgolf.com Clustered Spires is a great conditioned golf course with wonderful greens and considered the best value golf course in the Capital Region. d $ c Germantown ARTS & CULTURE A Great American Main Street-Downtown Frederick Bjorlee Museum 19 E Church St, Frederick, 301-698-8118 www.downtownfrederick.org A thriving 50-block historic district for shopping, dining, art and architecture. The Great Frederick Fair 101 Clarke Pl, Frederick, 240-575-2959 www.visitfrederick.org/listing/ bjorlee-museum/285/ Collection dating back to 1872 with artifacts of historical significance to the Maryland School of the Deaf as well as to the Frederick community. BlackRock Center for the Arts Gambrill State Park 797 E Patrick St, Frederick, 301-663-5895 www.thegreatfrederickfair.com Agricultural exhibits, entertainment, carnival rides and games, fair food, harness racing and commercial vendors. d $ Jug Bridge Monument McClintock Distilling Co. 35 S Carroll St, Frederick, 202-557-9914 www.mcclintockdistilling.com Craft distillery offering tours and tastings of organic spirits and located in the heart of downtown Frederick. 1500 E Patrick St, Frederick, 301-600-4047 www.visitfrederick.org/listing/ jug-bridge-monument-park/265 Due to its odd shape, a persistent rumor holds that a real jug of whiskey was buried in this demijohn-shaped monument to Marquis de Lafayette. 8602 Gambrill Park Rd, Frederick, 301-271-7574 http://dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/ pages/western/gambrill.aspx Premier hiking and biking trails with High Knob area nature center featuring Civic Conservation Corps history, memorial bronze statue and a garden. 12901 Town Commons Dr, Germantown, 301-528-2260 www.blackrockcenter.org Arts center hosting high-quality performances, free gallery exhibitions and arts education classes in a welcoming and intimate setting. d HISTORY & HERITAGE Button Farm Living History Center Nymeo Field at Harry Grove Stadium Monocacy National Battlefield Monocacy Brewing Company 1781 N Market St, Frederick, 240-457-4232 www.monocacybrewing.com Brewery crafting quality beer that’s proudly brewed in historic Frederick and offering brewery tours and a taproom with draft brews. c 4632 Araby Church Rd, Frederick, 301-662-3515 www.nps.gov/mono Site of “The Battle that Saved Washington,” a pivotal battle where Union forces commanded by Gen. Lew Wallace (author of Ben-Hur) were defeated. d 21 Stadium Dr, Frederick, 301-662-0013, 1-877-8-GO-KEYS www.frederickkeys.com Home to the Frederick Keys, a Class A baseball affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, with a fun and friendly atmosphere for group or family gatherings. d 16820 Black Rock Rd, Germantown, 240-579-5112 www.buttonfarm.org Maryland’s only living history center depicting 19th-century slave plantation life and the heroic story of the Underground Railroad retold. Glen Echo ATTRACTIONS Glen Echo Park Mount Olivet Cemetery/Francis Scott Key Monument 515 S Market St, Frederick, 301-662-1164 www.mountolivetcemeteryinc.com 7300 MacArthur Blvd, Glen Echo, 301-634-2222 www.glenechopark.org This former retreat (1891) and amusement park hosts a 1921 Dentzel Carousel, ballroom dancing, arts studios, two children’s theaters and a playground. d 124 ✥ VISITMARYLAND.ORG | 1-877-209-5883 KEY TO SYMBOLS d = Disability Accessible e = Pet Friendly $ = Admission c = Maryland Green Travel Partner
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