• Introduction
• 1. Bahamas
• 2. Catoctin Mountain Park
• 3. Glenwood Springs
• 4. Hyannis Port
• 5. Jamaica
• 6. Kennebunkport
• 7. Key West
• 8. Martha's Vineyard
• 9. Santa Barbara
• 10. Warm Springs

Catoctin Mountain Park

You'll know you've hiked too close to Camp David, the 125-acre mountain retreat used by every president since FDR, when you're stopped, X-Files style, by armed secret-service agents. Dubbed Shangri-La by FDR and renamed by Eisenhower in honor of his grandson, Camp David is situated in a top-secret location within Maryland's forested Catoctin Mountain Park, where camping, picnicking, fly-fishing, and cross-country skiing welcome presidents and civilians who come to escape the sweltering heat of Washington, D.C., 60 miles to the southwest. Stay in one of the quaint-but-austere cabins built by the Works Progress Administration in the '30s, or head to the nearby town of Thurmont and book a room at the historic Cozy (www.cozyvillage.com), an inn and restaurant packed with presidential memorabilia.

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