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Mountain Lake Park Historic District is a national historic district in Mountain Lake Park, Garrett County, Maryland.It consists of a group of 145 buildings lying within the town, which was launched in the 1880s as a summer resort and important as a center of the Chautauqua movement in Maryland.
The park is named for the manor house built by real estate investor Abijah Herrington in the mid-1800s. The property was purchased by the state in 1935 as part of state forest development. The Civilian Conservation Corps subsequently dammed Herrington Creek to create the park's 53-acre (21 ha) lake. In 1964, the manor house was demolished and ...
The Youghiogheny Scenic & Wild River is a river given special protected status by the state of Maryland. This wild and scenic portion of the Youghiogheny River is located in Western Garrett County, in Western Maryland. The Yough drains an area comprising approximately 397 square miles (1,030 km 2) in Maryland, flowing through forests and farms.
Panoramic view of Deep Creek Lake, Garrett County, MD. Garrett County (/ ɡ ɛr ɪ t /) is the westernmost county of the U.S. state of Maryland completely within the Appalachian Mountains. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,806, [1] making it the third-least populous county in Maryland. Its county seat is Oakland. [2]
Hoye-Crest is a summit along Backbone Mountain just inside of Garrett County, Maryland. It is the highest natural point in Maryland at an elevation of 3,360 feet (1,020 m). [3] The location, named for Captain Charles E. Hoye (1876–1951), founder of the Garrett County Historical Society, offers a view of the North Branch Potomac River valley ...
This is a list of the Maryland state historical markers in Garrett County. This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Garrett County, Maryland by the Maryland Historical Trust (MHT). The locations of the historical markers, as well as the latitude and longitude coordinates as provided by the MHT's ...
The following 42 pages use this file: Accident, Maryland; Altamont, Maryland; Asher Glade, Maryland; Bittinger, Maryland; Bloomington, Maryland; Crellin, Maryland
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Garrett County, Maryland, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. [1]