Frederick Maryland
City/town information
Frederick is home to miles of wonderful hiking and biking trails surrounding a cheery walkable downtown full of restaurants, shops, and art museums. You are located right in the historic downtown!
Note for bicyclists: if you have a bike or decide to rent one (Frederick Bike doctor has some great selections) pretty much everything that’s drivable is also a very pleasant bike ride!
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Frederick
Frederick is home to miles of wonderful hiking and biking trails surrounding a cheery walkable downtown full of restaurants, shops, and art museums. You are located right in the historic downtown!
Note for bicyclists: if you have a bike or decide to rent one (Frederick Bike doctor has some great selections) pretty much everything that’s drivable is also a very pleasant bike ride!
20 minute drive. This is a great day trip. It’s a nice historic town with lots of shops and restaurants and a steep hike to a beautiful overlook of the town and surrounding rivers.
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Harpers Ferry
20 minute drive. This is a great day trip. It’s a nice historic town with lots of shops and restaurants and a steep hike to a beautiful overlook of the town and surrounding rivers.
Outdoors
There are a lot of parks and trail systems around. These are our favorites.
5 minute walk. This quiet park stretches for a solid 30 minute park and continues into a few more miles via a bike trail. My wife and I used to walk our dogs on it after walking to Starbucks before work.
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Baker Park
5 minute walk. This quiet park stretches for a solid 30 minute park and continues into a few more miles via a bike trail. My wife and I used to walk our dogs on it after walking to Starbucks before work.
20-minute drive. Go straight to the Tea Room (Google knows how to get you there) for three stunning views within a 10 minute walk of each other and miles of trails to hike.
Tea Room at Gambrill State Park
8346 High Knob Road20-minute drive. Go straight to the Tea Room (Google knows how to get you there) for three stunning views within a 10 minute walk of each other and miles of trails to hike.
20 minute drive. If you’re into trail or mountain biking, find the Three Saws Trail to Catoctin (AllTrails knows how to get you there). If you want, you can go all out and rent a sweet mountain bike from the Bike Doctor (10 minutes away) before you head out.
Frederick Municipal Forest
20 minute drive. If you’re into trail or mountain biking, find the Three Saws Trail to Catoctin (AllTrails knows how to get you there). If you want, you can go all out and rent a sweet mountain bike from the Bike Doctor (10 minutes away) before you head out.
30-minute drive. The views are spectacular and feature a popular outdoor rock climbing spot. Check out our local indoor rock gym, the Boulder Yard (10-minute drive) to get into that!
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Sugarloaf Mountain
7901 Comus Road30-minute drive. The views are spectacular and feature a popular outdoor rock climbing spot. Check out our local indoor rock gym, the Boulder Yard (10-minute drive) to get into that!
Food scene
15-minute walk. They have hundreds of flavors of tea you can try and buy as well as free samples and a cozy lounge upstairs that makes for a great hangout. Our favorites so far have been peach oolong, pecan pie, and apple toffee.
Shab Row Tea Emporium
112 N East St15-minute walk. They have hundreds of flavors of tea you can try and buy as well as free samples and a cozy lounge upstairs that makes for a great hangout. Our favorites so far have been peach oolong, pecan pie, and apple toffee.
15-minute walk. Next door to the Tea Emporium, this is a great hangout with excellent food and some of the best cakes you could ask for!
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Frederick Coffee Co & Cafe
100 N East St15-minute walk. Next door to the Tea Emporium, this is a great hangout with excellent food and some of the best cakes you could ask for!
5-minute walk. The Popcorn House has a friendly staff and fresh gourmet popcorn cooked in coconut oil every day (except Mondays). My wife and I were munching on a mix of their house mix and smokey cheddar beacon as we wrote this.
The Original Popcorn House
39 South Market Street5-minute walk. The Popcorn House has a friendly staff and fresh gourmet popcorn cooked in coconut oil every day (except Mondays). My wife and I were munching on a mix of their house mix and smokey cheddar beacon as we wrote this.
5-minute walk. Good quality cheap seafood in a dive bar setting. What more could you want?
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Shuckin' Shack Oyster Bar
41 S Market St5-minute walk. Good quality cheap seafood in a dive bar setting. What more could you want?
10-minute walk. Come here for a more upscale scene.
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Thacher&Rye
228 North Market Street10-minute walk. Come here for a more upscale scene.
10 minute drive. This was a favorite spot for us. They have a friendly staff, good and affordable food (try the blackened chicken tenders!), and live music on Saturday nights. Did we mention they have over a dozen 9ft pool tables? Don’t worry, they have bar boxes too. A very friendly APA division plays there. They need beginners so don’t be afraid to sign up if you’re in town for a while! Bicyclists: There’s a slightly longer (~20 minutes) bike-friendly route if you take a route that passes by Bruster's Real Ice Cream
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Champion Billiards Sports Cafe
5205 Buckeystown Pike10 minute drive. This was a favorite spot for us. They have a friendly staff, good and affordable food (try the blackened chicken tenders!), and live music on Saturday nights. Did we mention they have over a dozen 9ft pool tables? Don’t worry, they have bar boxes too. A very friendly APA division plays there. They need beginners so don’t be afraid to sign up if you’re in town for a while! Bicyclists: There’s a slightly longer (~20 minutes) bike-friendly route if you take a route that passes by Bruster's Real Ice Cream
10-minute drive. If you like flavored coffee that isn’t acidic, their coffee is some of the best you’ll get. It’s our all-time favorite coffee and they can freshly grind bags for you. They also have a pretty nice area to chill.
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Dublin Roasters Coffee
1780 N Market St10-minute drive. If you like flavored coffee that isn’t acidic, their coffee is some of the best you’ll get. It’s our all-time favorite coffee and they can freshly grind bags for you. They also have a pretty nice area to chill.