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58 relations: Aldie, Virginia, Alleghanian orogeny, American black bear, Appalachian Mountains, Basalt, Bird of prey, Blue Ridge Mountains, Braddock Heights, Maryland, Bull Run Mountains, Camp David, Catoctin Mountain Park, Catoctin Trail, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Clarke's Gap, Cunningham Falls State Park, David Eisenhower, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Emmitsburg, Maryland, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Frederick County, Maryland, Frederick, Maryland, Furnace Mountain (Virginia), Gambrill State Park, Geographic Names Information System, Goose Creek (Potomac River tributary), Greenschist, Interstate 70, Leesburg, Virginia, List of Maryland Scenic Byways, Loudoun County, Virginia, Loudoun Valley, Maryland, Metasedimentary rock, Middletown Valley, Morven Park, National Scenic Byway, Native Americans in the United States, Paleozoic, Phyllite, Piedmont (United States), Point of Rocks, Maryland, Potomac Appalachian Trail Club, Potomac River, Precambrian, Proterozoic, Quartz, South Mountain (Maryland and Pennsylvania), Spur (topography), Timber rattlesnake, Trail, ..., United States, United States Geological Survey, United States Secret Service, Virginia, Vulture, Washington, D.C., White-tailed deer, Wild turkey. Expand index (8 more) »
Aldie, Virginia
Aldie is an unincorporated community located between Chantilly and Middleburg in Loudoun County, Virginia.
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Alleghanian orogeny
The Alleghanian orogeny or Appalachian orogeny is one of the geological mountain-forming events that formed the Appalachian Mountains and Allegheny Mountains.
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American black bear
The American black bear (Ursus americanus) is a medium-sized bear native to North America.
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Appalachian Mountains
The Appalachian Mountains (les Appalaches), often called the Appalachians, are a system of mountains in eastern North America.
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Basalt
Basalt is a common extrusive igneous (volcanic) rock formed from the rapid cooling of basaltic lava exposed at or very near the surface of a planet or moon.
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Bird of prey
A bird of prey, predatory bird, or raptor is any of several species of bird that hunts and feeds on rodents and other animals.
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Blue Ridge Mountains
The Blue Ridge Mountains are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Mountains range.
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Braddock Heights, Maryland
Braddock Heights is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Frederick County, Maryland, United States.
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Bull Run Mountains
The Bull Run Mountains are a mountain range of the Blue Ridge Mountains in northern Virginia in the United States.
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Camp David
Camp David is the country retreat for the President of the United States.
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Catoctin Mountain Park
Catoctin Mountain Park, located in north-central Maryland, is part of the forested Catoctin Mountain ridge−range that forms the northeastern rampart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, in the Appalachian Mountains System.
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Catoctin Trail
The Catoctin National Recreation Trail is a 26.6 mi (42.4 km) hiking trail that traverses federal, state, and municipal woodlands along the northern half of Catoctin Mountain in Frederick County in central Maryland, USA.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park is located in the District of Columbia and the states of Maryland and West Virginia.
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Clarke's Gap
Clarke's Gap, also known as Clarks Gap, is a pass through Catoctin Mountain west of Leesburg, Virginia.
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Cunningham Falls State Park
Cunningham Falls State Park is a public recreation area located west of Thurmont, Maryland, in the United States.
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David Eisenhower
Dwight David Eisenhower II (born March 31, 1948) is an American author, public policy fellow, professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and eponym of the U.S. Presidential retreat, Camp David.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.
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Emmitsburg, Maryland
Emmitsburg is a town in Frederick County, Maryland, United States, just south of the Mason-Dixon line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Sr. (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.
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Frederick County, Maryland
Frederick County is located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Maryland.
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Frederick, Maryland
Frederick is a city in, and the county seat of, Frederick County in the U.S. state of Maryland.
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Furnace Mountain (Virginia)
Furnace Mountain is the tallest peak of Catoctin Mountain in Loudoun County, Virginia.
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Gambrill State Park
Gambrill State Park is a public recreation area located on Catoctin Mountain near the city of Frederick in Frederick County, Maryland.
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Geographic Names Information System
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its territories.
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Goose Creek (Potomac River tributary)
Goose Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey.
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Greenschist
Greenschists are metamorphic rocks that formed under the lowest temperatures and pressures usually produced by regional metamorphism, typically and 2–10 kilobars.
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Interstate 70
Interstate 70 (I-70) is a major Interstate Highway in the United States that runs from I-15 near Cove Fort, Utah to I-695 near Baltimore, Maryland.
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Leesburg, Virginia
Leesburg is a historic town within and the county seat of Loudoun County, Virginia.
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List of Maryland Scenic Byways
The Maryland Scenic Byways system consists of nineteen byways that pass through scenic and historic areas across the U.S. state of Maryland, with four of them designated as National Scenic Byways and two of them designated as All-American Roads.
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Loudoun County, Virginia
Loudoun County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.
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Loudoun Valley
The Loudoun Valley is a small, but historically significant valley in the Blue Ridge Mountains located in Loudoun County in northwestern Virginia in the United States.
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Maryland
Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east.
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Metasedimentary rock
In geology, metasedimentary rock is a type of metamorphic rock.
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Middletown Valley
Middletown Valley, also historically known as Catoctin Valley, is a valley in western Frederick County in the state of Maryland.
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Morven Park
Morven Park is a 1,000-acre historic estate and horse park in Leesburg, Virginia, United States.
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National Scenic Byway
A National Scenic Byway is a road recognized by the United States Department of Transportation for one or more of six "intrinsic qualities": archeological, cultural, historic, natural, recreational, and scenic.
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Native Americans in the United States
Native Americans, also known as American Indians, Indians, Indigenous Americans and other terms, are the indigenous peoples of the United States.
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Paleozoic
The Paleozoic (or Palaeozoic) Era (from the Greek palaios (παλαιός), "old" and zoe (ζωή), "life", meaning "ancient life") is the earliest of three geologic eras of the Phanerozoic Eon.
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Phyllite
Phyllite is a type of foliated metamorphic rock created from slate that is further metamorphosed so that very fine grained white mica achieves a preferred orientation.
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Piedmont (United States)
The Piedmont is a plateau region located in the eastern United States.
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Point of Rocks, Maryland
Point of Rocks is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Frederick County, Maryland, United States.
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Potomac Appalachian Trail Club
The Potomac Appalachian Trail Club (PATC) is a volunteer organization that works to maintain hiking trails in the Washington, D.C. area of the United States.
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Potomac River
The Potomac River is located within the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and flows from the Potomac Highlands into the Chesapeake Bay.
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Precambrian
The Precambrian (or Pre-Cambrian, sometimes abbreviated pЄ, or Cryptozoic) is the earliest part of Earth's history, set before the current Phanerozoic Eon.
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Proterozoic
The Proterozoic is a geological eon representing the time just before the proliferation of complex life on Earth.
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Quartz
Quartz is a mineral composed of silicon and oxygen atoms in a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon–oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tetrahedra, giving an overall chemical formula of SiO2.
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South Mountain (Maryland and Pennsylvania)
South Mountain is the northern extension of the Blue Ridge Mountain range in Maryland and Pennsylvania.
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Spur (topography)
A spur is a lateral ridge or tongue of land descending from a hill, mountain or main crest of a ridge.
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Timber rattlesnake
The timber rattlesnake, canebrake rattlesnake or banded rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus),Wright AH, Wright AA (1957).
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Trail
A trail is usually a path, track or unpaved lane or road.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS, formerly simply Geological Survey) is a scientific agency of the United States government.
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United States Secret Service
The United States Secret Service (also USSS or Secret Service) is a federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, charged with conducting criminal investigations and protecting the nation's leaders.
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Virginia
Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.
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Vulture
A vulture is a scavenging bird of prey.
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Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.
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White-tailed deer
The white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), also known as the whitetail or Virginia deer, is a medium-sized deer native to the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, and South America as far south as Peru and Bolivia.
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Wild turkey
The wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is an upland ground bird native to North America and is the heaviest member of the diverse Galliformes.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catoctin_Mountain
