Catoctin Mountain Park occupies about 5,120 acres on Catoctin Mountain and the Monocacy Valley in north-central Maryland, where the ridge forms part of the Blue Ridge. After years of charcoal making, timber harvesting, and farming left the land worn, the federal government remade it in the 1930s as the Catoctin Recreational Demonstration Area, a New Deal project for land restoration and employment. Built with Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps labor, the area was later divided, with the remaining federal land becoming Catoctin Mountain Park and the southern section becoming Cunningham Falls State Park. Its camp history also gave rise to Camp David, and the park is recognized for its forested landscape, recreation, and historic significance.