Catoctin Mountain Scenic Byway Plan
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Corridor Management Plan for the US 15 Catoctin Mountain Scenic Byway April 2004 Prepared for: Prepared by: Frederick County, Maryland Lardner/Klein Landscape Architects, P.C. as part of in association with the State of Maryland Scenic Byway Program Daniel Consultants, Inc. John Milner Associates Bay Area Economics Watson Heritage Strategies Shelley Mastran Advisory Committee Marcel Aillery, Carollton Manor Land Trust Sister Joan Angermari, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine Robert Black, Catoctin Mountain Orchard Nancy Bodmer, President, Carrollton Manor Land Trust Don Briggs, President, Emmitsburg Business & Professional Association G. Bernard Callan, Jr., Fredrick County Historic Preservation Commission Sam Castleman, Resident Joy Clem, Resident Colin Clevenger, Curator, Children’s Museum of Rose Hill Manor Ray Compton, Frederick County Historic Trust John Concannon, Maryland State Highway Administration District 7 Dean Considine, Central Maryland Heritage League Judy Crum, Resident, Frederick County *Janet Davis, Frederick County Division of Planning Tim Davis, City of Frederick Jennifer Dougherty, Mayor, City of Frederick Dale Dowling, Architectural & Cultural Historian Sister Carol Durkin, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine Cynthia Ecker, Park Manager, Cunningham Falls State Park Richard Fairley, Headmaster, Director Of Development, Prospect Hall Mansion Doug Faris, Superintendent, C&O Canal National Hisotrical Park *John Fieseler, Executive Director, Tourism Council of Frederick County, Inc. Dean Fitzgerald, President, Frederick County Covered Bridge Preservation Society Rebecca Fitzgerald, Mt. St. Mary’s College Archives Clem and Harriet Gardiner, Catoctin Furnace Historical Society Jim Gugel, Frederick County Division of Planning *Ed Gorski, Chief of Comprehensive Planning, Frederick County Division of Planning Richard Griffin, Director, Department of Economic Development, City of Frederick Richard Hahn, Director , Catoctin Wildlife Preserve & Zoo *Charles Heath, Frederick County Division of Planning Michael Hillman, Emmitsburg Historical Society Mark Hudson, Executive Director, Historical Society of Frederick County Toni Lake, Senior Warden, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church *Carole Larson, Frederick County Division of Planning Joe Lebherz, Frederick County Chamber of Commerce Mary and Harold Long, Residents John Lovell, County Commissioner, Frederick County Joseph Lubozynski, President, Frederick County Landmarks Foundation Inc. Hank Ludder, Director, Frederick County Landmarks Foundation/ Schifferstadt Museum Frances Lynch, Maryland Christmas Show Jack Lynch, Monocacy Archaeological Society Mark Lynch, Lynfield Tom Lynch, Committee for Frederick County, C/O Miles & Stockbridge Mark Maas, Assistant Manager, Cunningham Falls State Park *Terry Maxwell, Scenic Byway Coordinator, Maryland State Highway Administration, Office of Environmental Design Kara Norman, Executive Director, Greater Frederick Development Corporation Neil Parrott, P.E., Traffic Transportation Engineer, Maryland State Highway Administration Doug Peterson, Seton Shrine Kristie Poehler, Hampton Inn, Frederick/Battlefield Journal Mel Poole, Superintendent, Catoctin Mountain Park Elizabeth Prongas, North Frederick County Consortium Sister Mary Clare Hughes, Administrator, National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Robert Shen, Division of Public Works, Frederick County George Smith, Planning Commission, City of Frederick Carol Spoonhour, Administrative Assistant, Grotto of Lourdes/Mt. St. Mary’s Mark Spurrier, Park Naturalist, Cunningham Falls State Park Dianne Walbrecker, Parks and Recreation Committee/Citizen, Town of Emmitsburg John Wolf, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Watershed Management and Analysis Division George Wunderlich, Executive Director, National Museum of Civil War Medecine Barbara Wyatt, Staff, Frederick Town Historic District Commision * On Management Team Corridor Management Plan for the US 15 Catoctin Mountain Scenic Byway April 2004 Prepared for: Prepared by: Frederick County, Maryland Lardner/Klein Landscape Architects, P.C. as part of in association with the State of Maryland Scenic Byway Program Daniel Consultants, Inc. John Milner Associates Bay Area Economics Watson Heritage Strategies Shelley Mastran Funded in part by the Federal Highway Administration Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction ........................................................................................................ 1-1 1.1 The Catoctin Mountains ........................................................................................ 1-1 1.2 Purpose of the Plan ............................................................................................... 1-2 1.3 Planning Context and Process .............................................................................. 1-2 1.4 Ongoing Public Involvement................................................................................... 1-4 Chapter 2: The Catoctin Mountain Scenic Byway.............................................................. 2-1 2.1 Corridor Definition ............................................................................................... 2-1 Byway Route .................................................................................................... 2-1 Related Landscapes ......................................................................................... 2-2 Related Linkages .............................................................................................. 2-3 Byway Regions ................................................................................................. 2-4 2.2 Related Programs and Projects ............................................................................ 2-5 2.3 Existing Facilities and Services ............................................................................. 2-6 Existing Visitor Attractions ................................................................................ 2-6 Existing Visitor Services ................................................................................... 2-6 2.4 Existing Roadway Conditions ................................................................................ 2-7 Road Classification and Volume ....................................................................... 2-7 Highway Safety and Roadway Character Issues ............................................. 2-8 Planned Improvements..................................................................................... 2-8 2.5 Vision, Goals, and Objectives ............................................................................... 2-10 Resource Conservation and Enhancement: ..................................................... 2-10 Tourism and Visitor Management ..................................................................... 2-12 Interpretation and Education ............................................................................ 2-13 Transportation/Traffic Safety............................................................................. 2-14 Roadside Character.......................................................................................... 2-15 Coordination and Management ........................................................................ 2-16 Chapter 3: Intrinsic Qualities ................................................................................................ 3-1 3.1 Scenic Quality ........................................................................................................ 3-1 3.2 Historic Quality ....................................................................................................... 3-4 3.3 Recreational Quality ............................................................................................... 3-16 3.4 Natural Quality........................................................................................................ 3-19 3.5: Archeological Quality ............................................................................................. 3-21 3.6: Cultural Quality ...................................................................................................... 3-22 Chapter 4: Byway Management Strategies......................................................................... 4-1 4.1 Conserving the Intrinsic Qualities along the Byway ............................................... 4-1 Byway Conservation Easement Program ......................................................... 4-3 Agricultural Land Preservation Districts............................................................ 4-3 Frederick County’s Agricultural Land Preservation Program ............................ 4-3 Rural Legacy Areas .......................................................................................... 4-4 Private Forest Conservation Programs ............................................................ 4-5 Watershed Related Conservation Efforts ......................................................... 4-7 Preservation of Historic Sites ........................................................................... 4-8 Community Design ........................................................................................... 4-11 4.2 Tourism and Visitor Management .......................................................................... 4-19 Meeting Visitor Expectations ............................................................................ 4-20 Potential Markets .............................................................................................