Camp David is a 125-acre (51 ha) country retreat for the president of the United States. It lies in the wooded hills of Catoctin Mountain Park , in Frederick County, Maryland , near the towns of Thurmont and Emmitsburg , about 62 miles (100 km) north-northwest of the national capital city, Washington, D.C. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is code-named ...

Mar 8, 2021 · Sixty miles outside of Washington, D.C. is a rustic wilderness retreat that serves presidents and first families as a secluded getaway from the White House. Camp David was originally built as a camp for federal employees and their families, a project completed in 1938 through the Works Progress Administration (WPA) during the New Deal.

Dec 12, 2019 · Camp David, a rustic retreat nestled in the heavily wooded mountains of western Maryland, has been used by every American president since Franklin Roosevelt as a place to escape from the pressures of official Washington.

Jan 3, 2025 · Camp David, rural retreat of U.S. presidents in Catoctin Mountain Park, a unit of the National Park Service on a spur of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Frederick county, northern Maryland, U.S. In 1978 the retreat was the site of a historic peace agreement reached between Egypt and Israel.

Feb 15, 2023 · Nestled in the Catoctin Mountain Park in Frederick County, Maryland, is Camp David, a retreat for use by the President of the United States. Officially a U.S. Navy installation, the facility was originally built by the Works Progress Administration as a camp for government employees, opening in 1938.

Jan 20, 2009 · Since 1942, Camp David has been used by every American president as place to relax among family and friends and to tend to business outside of Washington. Camp David has also been used extensively to host foreign dignitaries.

First known as Hi-Catoctin, Camp David was originally built as a camp for federal government employees and their families, by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), starting in 1935, opening in 1938.

Jan 22, 2004 · Since the time of Franklin D. Roosevelt, when it was known as "Shangri-la," this isolated camp in the hills of western Maryland has served as an official Presidential retreat and has often been the site of conferences and decisions of national and international significance.

Jun 18, 2019 · For more than 50 years now, when presidents have wanted privacy, they have sought the cool, secluded lodges and cabins of Camp David, the presidential retreat tucked away in Maryland's Catoctin Mountains.

Jul 6, 2023 · In 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower renamed the residence “Camp David” after his grandson. First Lady Mamie Eisenhower named the Presidential cabin “Aspen,” which remains its name today. Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower relax with a game of Scrabble while vacationing at Camp David, July, 1954.