"Hunting Dale", the are along Hunting Creek where West Main Street of Thurmont extended to the mountain pass. "The Road to Mr. Gernand's" [Crow's Nest] as put by Ruth Rouzer in 1918. This vantage point was probably achieved by looking from the top of Altamont Avenue, possibly from the Belvedere Inn. Today this imagery would be dominated by Route 15 and its MD-77 interchanges.