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Welcome to Winter Springs ...

Winter Springs is located in Frederick County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Winter Springs: Winter Spgs. (or less commonly used: Winter Spngs. or Winter Sprngs.)

Winter Springs is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Winter Springs lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Winter Springs: 301, 227 & 240<3>

Communities Also Named Winter Springs ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Winter Springs - it's located in Florida.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Winter Springs.

Websites for Winter Springs ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.frederickchamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Winter Springs, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Winter Springs ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Winter Springs.

  • Frederick
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Frederick is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederick
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 73,308 people
    • Former names for Frederick:
    • Frederick City
    • Frederick Town
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frederick <4>
  • Westminster
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Mount Airy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Thurmont
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Taneytown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Walkersville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Middletown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Sykesville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Emmitsburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Myersville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Winter Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Winter Springs.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Winter Springs. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Winter Springs.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Winter Springs ...

Looking for more information about Winter Springs? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Winter Springs, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Winter Springs.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Frederick, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Winter Springs - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 301 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 227 or 240. New phone numbers in the Winter Springs area will be assigned with one of these codes: 301, 227 or 240. As a result, placing a call in the Winter Springs area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.