Official Visitors Guide Carroll County Maryland www.CarrollCountyTourism.org Welcome oyful experiences wrapped in time-honoredto Carrolltraditions that celebrate County, America’s great heritageMd are our gift to you. The rolling hills of Carroll County’s countryside are packed with delightful treats Jfor you to discover. Each of our lovely communities offers its own special combination of attractions including rich history, outdoor recreation, arts and culture, fun festivals, delicious dining, antiques and specialty shops, and much more! Here is a quick peek at what you will find around the bend. you’ve been transported to our charming countryside and continue mid-19th century rural life at the Carroll County your Civil War experience with the Roads to Gettysburg Imagine…Farm Museum. Tour the 1852 farmhouse Explore…driving tour. This brochure takes you for a leisurely ride located on 140-acres, with costumed artisans on some of our most scenic back roads while tracing the demonstrating period skills like weaving, movements of over 60,000 Union and Confederate troops broom making, and blacksmithing. Bring a from the southern end of the county up to Gettysburg. picnic – but please don’t share with the farm Visit page 11. animals! Visit page 8. our historic downtown Main Streets. Self- and dine fine… at the guided walking tours offer a fascinating look at historic acclaimed Antrim 1844 Country House Stroll…architecture while you shop for the perfect souvenir or Hotel.Unwind Once a thriving plantation and listed unique gift at a locally owned shop or boutique. Take a in the National Register of Historic Places, break from walking and enjoy breakfast, lunch or dinner owners Dorothy and Richard Mollett have at a variety of restaurants and cafes. Visit page 4-5. masterfully restored the mansion and the estate buildings on this 24-acre site. Enjoy world delicious handcrafted wines along the class dining at its best at Antrim 1844’s Carroll Wine Trail. Learn about both new and age old Smokehouse Restaurant. Visit page 18. Savor…wine making traditions, walk through the vineyards and meet the wonderful people who craft these local and sustainable wines. Home to Maryland’s oldest wine the 150th anniversary of the festival, visitors have been coming for years to taste the Commemorate…Civil War at the Union Mills fruits of the harvest and to enjoy life. Visit page 7. Homestead and Grist Mill. In the days before the Gettysburg Civil War battle, troops from Whether you are both North and South were fed from the huge kitchen- visiting us for a family-friendly outing or a relaxing -though on different days. Watch grain being made into Makecouples retreat, Memories! you will leave revived with amazing wheat, buckwheat and corn meal. Buy some to take home memories that will last a lifetime. We invite you to and make your own flapjacks!Visit page 9. celebrate America and discover Carroll County – where a day will make a difference to you. The Board of Commissioners for Carroll County Doug Howard Haven N. Shoemaker Robin Bartlett Frazier Dave H. Roush Richard S. Rothschild to Carroll County, Md Only 45 minutes northwest of Baltimore and 35 minutes south of Gettysburg UNION MILLS HOMESTEAD Convenient to Baltimore, Gettysburg, and Washington, D.C., you are welcome to make beautiful Towns & Cities . 4-5 Carroll County, Maryland your home away from home while you explore Attractions the surrounding areas. Arts & Culture .............................................................................6 Contact the Visitor Center to start Carroll Wine Trail ........................................................................7 planning your experience! History Contents& Heritage . 8-11 Outdoor Recreation. .12-15 210 E. Main Street Lodging, Meeting & Special Event Venues ................................17-19 Westminster, Maryland 21157 410-848-1388 or 1-800-272-1933 Shopping. .20-21 WEB: www.carrollcountytourism.org EmaIL: [email protected] Dining ....................................................................................22-23 HOURS: Mon. – Sat. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays, Holidays Events. .24-27 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tourist Information & Helpful Resources ...................................28-29 VISITOR CENTER The Carroll County Tourism Office publishes the Official 2012 Carroll County Visitors 210Guide East annually.Main Street For |additional Westminster, copies MD or information,21157 (410) please 848-1388 contact: | (800) 272-1933 224 North CenterHours: St., Room Mon-Sat 100, Westminster, | 9am-5pm MDemail: 21157 [email protected] 410-386-2983Sun • & Ema MostIL: [email protected] Holidays | 10am-2pm • WEB:www.CarrollCountyTourism.org www.carrollcountytourism.org /CarrollTourism @CarrollTourism Mount Airy www.mountairymd.org “Stop, Shop, and Stroll Mount Airy” has Towns become the mantra that has attracted so many visitors to experience the small-town charm of the Town of Mount Airy. From Civil War and railroad history to galleries and boutiques, as well as some of the best dining in Carroll County, Mount Airy is well worth a visit. Whether you have an hour, a day or a weekend, there is plenty Each One Of Carroll County’s Communities Offer to explore and something for everyone Its Own Special Combination Of Attractions in the family away from the hustle and bustle of the city. (A Maryland Main Street Including Rich History, Outdoor Recreation, Community.) Arts And Culture, Fun Festivals, Delicious Dining, New Windsor Antiques And Specialty Shops, And Much More! www.newwindsormd.org Founded in 1797, over the years New & Cities Windsor has collected its fair share of Hampstead Manchester fascinating characters and stories, all www.townofhampstead.us www.manchestermd.org of which add to the special charm of Located in northeastern Carroll County, The Town of Manchester dates back to this town. Discover for yourself the the Town of Hampstead is a historic, the 1760s and is famous for being the base intrigue of the past through the family-oriented community with friendly for the Union Sixth Army Corps, which unique lens of local history at the neighborhoods and successful small made its march into Gettysburg, Pa. under New Windsor History Museum businesses. Hampstead has been growing General John Sedgwich. During the Civil or through a self-guided quickly ever since the first stagecoach War, thousands of troops were housed walking tour of the historic business came to town in 1808; changing in or around the town. Over the years, town, including its Civil War from a small farming town into one of Manchester has kept its small-town feel heritage sites. When you are done the fastest growing municipalities in and organizations such as the Christmas exploring and shopping, relax Carroll County, while retaining its small- Tree Park and Charlotte’s Quest Nature at one of two cozy bed & town charm. The town’s biggest event is Center, work to keep a sense of community breakfasts - Atlee House or Hampstead Day, where all types of vendors in the small town. Downtown Manchester the Yellow Turtle Inn. line Main Street. Other attractions include is also home to Cygnus Wine Cellars – the a bed & breakfast, parks, restaurants, first winery in Maryland to be founded in a tearoom, a coffee shop/bakery, and a a town. winery. 4 www.CarrollCountyTourism.org • 800-272-1933 Towns & Cities Sykesville Taneytown on the National Register of Historic www.sykesville.net/main www.taneytown.org Places – learn more in the walking tour brochure available at the Carroll County Historic Sykesville is proud of its Old www.taneytownmuseum.org Visitor Center. Plan to visit the Western Towne America flavor. Experience the The Tuscarora Indians were the earliest Maryland Railway Museum and stop for charm and hospitality, while you enjoy known inhabitants in the Taneytown a meal at The Buttersburg Inn. As you all that Sykesville has to offer the whole area, where they hunted deer, otter, stroll the streets and gaze at the historic family. Historically the commercial center wolves, and wildcats in the abundant buildings, imagine what it may have been of Sykesville, Main Street remains a woodlands. Before the arrival of white like during the 1800’s as a bustling center vibrant and unique commercial district. In settlers, however, most Native Americans of commerce. recent years, property owners have been had already migrated out of the area that restoring many of the historic properties was eventually founded as Taneytown Westminster on Main Street. Some of the downtown in 1754. With a long history of rural www.westminstermd.gov merchants include antique stores, a settlement, the City of Taneytown and bookstore, restaurants, and a tearoom. the surrounding area is rich in historic “Where history meets tomorrow.” The Little Sykes Railway operates a 12” landmarks that continue to enhance and Designated as a nationally accredited gauge train that the kids can actually affect the character of the area. A portion Main Street Program, Downtown take a ride in. Adding to the sense of the City is designated as a Historic Westminster provides a unique, quality of community in Sykesville is a District with the National Register of shopping, dining and cultural experience summer concert series and Historic Places. Taneytown offers visitors within a small town atmosphere including lots of events from Art & a stunning country landscape, nature many locally-owned restaurants that Wine, Flower, and Apple parks, numerous events throughout the offer everything from fine regional Festivals, to Railroad year, and the Taneytown History Museum. cuisine to great ethnic food. Downtown and Fall Festivals. The jewel of Taneytown is Antrim Westminster is also home to many Stop by the Old Main 1844 – a unique country house hotel community events – FallFest, Flower Line Post Office and acclaimed for its cuisine and luxurious & Jazz Festival, Art in the Park, and Visitor’s Center for accommodations and attracts visitors from wonderful parades. Culturally, Downtown Carroll more information all over the country. (A Maryland Main Westminster is bookended by the Arts Center Historical Society on what there is to Street Community.) and the see and do.