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1178:Southwest Mountains
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712:"Catoctin Mountain"
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615:"Catoctin Mountain"
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1249:Big Schloss
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828:Lambs Knoll
516:black bears
454:Precambrian
434:Proterozoic
357:Morven Park
321:Goose Creek
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76:Coordinates
1375:Categories
1148:The Priest
907:Hoye-Crest
601:References
575:Shangri-La
567:Camp David
548:Kittoctons
448:and other
438:greenstone
394:Maryland.
335:Recreation
257:Middletown
89:77°27′59″W
86:39°38′52″N
66:Prominence
1305:Camp Rock
1216:High Knob
1063:High Knob
927:Town Hill
823:Elk Ridge
542:The name
499:June 2008
465:Paleozoic
450:phyllites
263:Geography
259:valleys.
114:Geography
56:Elevation
1335:Nakedtop
560:Catoctin
544:Catoctin
528:vultures
305:Leesburg
303:west of
281:Virginia
273:Maryland
245:Piedmont
198:Climbing
184:Topo map
648:Mar 29,
538:History
532:raptors
520:turkeys
428:Geology
295:on the
253:Loudoun
175:of the
1298:Others
900:Others
522:, and
457:basalt
446:quartz
444:white
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389:Names
368:trail
329:Aldie
235:near
650:2013
530:and
524:deer
452:and
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