Camp David is a 125-acre (51 ha) country retreat for the president of the United States. It lies in the wooded hills of Catoctin Mountain Park , in Frederick County, Maryland , near the towns of Thurmont and Emmitsburg , about 62 miles (100 km) north-northwest of the national capital city, Washington, D.C. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is code-named ...

Camp David is a secluded presidential retreat located in the Catoctin Mountain Park near Thurmont, Maryland. About a dozen guest cabins are connected by winding paths and visitors are given golf carts to get around.

Camp David, known formally as the Naval Support Facility Thurmont, is the President’s country residence. Located in Catoctin Mountain Park in Frederick County, Maryland, Camp David has...

Naval Support Facility Thurmont, commonly known as Camp David, is a Presidential retreat. NSF Thurmont offers Presidents and their guests an opportunity for solitude and tranquility, as...

Camp David, known formally as the Naval Support Facility Thurmont, is the President’s country residence. Located in Catoctin Mountain Park in Frederick County, Maryland, Camp David has offered Presidents an opportunity for solitude and tranquility, as …

Jan 20, 2009 · Camp David is the U.S. Presidential Retreat. Located in Catoctin Mountain Park in Frederick County, Maryland, Camp David has offered Presidents an opportunity for solitude and tranquility, as well as an ideal place to host foreign leaders.

Jan 3, 2025 · Camp David, rural retreat of U.S. presidents in Catoctin Mountain Park, a unit of the National Park Service on a spur of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Frederick county, northern Maryland, U.S. In 1978 the retreat was the site of a historic peace agreement reached between Egypt and Israel.

Camp David was founded in 1935 as a get-away in the hills of Catoctin Mountain park in Maryland for the President. The official name is the Naval Support Facility Thurmont due the idea that it is technically an installation and staffed by the Navy and Marine corps.

Feb 15, 2023 · Nestled in the Catoctin Mountain Park in Frederick County, Maryland, is Camp David, a retreat for use by the President of the United States. Officially a U.S. Navy installation, the facility was originally built by the Works Progress Administration as a camp for government employees, opening in 1938.

Jan 22, 2004 · Since the time of Franklin D. Roosevelt, when it was known as "Shangri-la," this isolated camp in the hills of western Maryland has served as an official Presidential retreat and has often been the site of conferences and decisions of national and international significance.