Lewistown in Frederick County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Lewistown Trout Hatchery and Bass Ponds
Frederick County
Photographed by Allen C. Browne, October 18, 2021
1. Lewistown Trout Hatchery and Bass Ponds Marker
One mile from this point. Purchased by state 1917.
Erected 1935 by Conservation Department of Maryland, Swerson Earle, Commissioner.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Environment • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1917.
Location. 39° 32.145′ N, 77° 25.942′ W. Marker is in Lewistown, Maryland, in Frederick County. It is at the intersection of Fish Hatchery Road and Bethel Road, on the left when traveling west on Fish Hatchery Road. Located on the south side of Fish Hatchery Road, just east of its intersection with Bethel Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6724 Fish Hatchery Rd, Thurmont MD 21788, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area and in Central Maryland. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Lewistown (approx. 0.9 miles away); Spring House (approx. 2.1 miles away); Milking Parlor and Creamery (approx. 2.1 miles away); Snook Farm Smokehouse (approx. 2.1 miles away); Snook Family Farm (approx. 2.1 miles away); Snook Family & Farmhouse (approx. 2.1 miles away); Erasure and Rediscovery (approx. 3 miles away); The Return of Names (approx. 3 miles away).
Another marker is no longer nearby. "Isabella" and Casting Shed
this page online
Also see . . . Lewistown state fishery still going after 88 years. Emmitsburg website entry (Submitted on February 12, 2024, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
Photographed by Karl Stelly, May 2, 2016
2. Lewistown Trout Hatchery and Bass Ponds Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on December 6, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 2, 2016, by Karl Stelly of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,105 times since then and 55 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on October 24, 2021, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. 2. submitted on May 2, 2016, by Karl Stelly of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
