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Historic County Loop – Frederick, MD



Directions to Moncacy Middle School (8009 Opossumtown Pike):
  • I-70 EAST towards Frederick (38 miles)
  • Take exit 53 – US40 West towards US15 N/Frederick/Gettysburg (1.5 miles)
  • Stay straight onto US15 North (2 miles)
  • Take Motter Avenue Exit (.22 miles)
  • Make right onto Motter Ave / Opossumtown Pike (.17 miles)
  • Motter Ave / Opossumtown Pike becomes Opossumtown Pike (1.15 miles)

00.0 R Opossumtown Pike25.2RRoute 77
00.3 L Poole Jones29.9RPryor Road
01.3 L Christophers Crossing31.3XRoute 15
01.4 R TRO Walter Martz31.5RCatoctin Furnace Road
02.3 S Rock Springs @ SS33.5LBlacks Mill Road
03.0 BL TRO Rocky Springs35.1RHessongs Bridge @ SS (not marked)
03.7 R Edgewood Church Road36.3BLHessong Bridge @ SS
04.7 BL TRO Edgewood Church @ Camp Raudy36.7RFish Hatchery Road
05.9 L Shookstown37.1XRoute 15
06.9 R Bowers Road37.6LBethel Road
07.8 BR TRO Bowers Road38.7RMountaindale Road
07.9 R US Route 40 @ T (user shoulder)39.5LPutnam Road
11.4 L/R Hollow Road40.9SOpposumtown Pike @SS
12.6 X Route 40 TRO Hollow Road42.5RWalter Martz
13.8 R Harmony Road @ SS (steep descent - sharp curves before stop sign @ rt 17)43.6BLPoole Jones
16.3 R/L Harp Hill Road @ SS, cross bridge (to bypass harp hill, R on rt 17. regroup at rest stop - add 1.3)44.7ROppossumtown Pike
19.7 BL Route 1745.0LMoncacy Middle School
19.8 R Stottlemeyer Road @ SS - REST STOP @ corner store. Return to Stottlemeyer Road.