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With
300 acres in Garrett County, Big Run State Park offers rustic camping
opportunities with 30 unimproved campsites. Situated at the mouth
of the Savage River Reservoir, the park is 16 miles from exit 24 of
Interstate 68. The park is actually surrounded by the acreage of Savage
River State Forest so visitors to the area have an even wider array
of recreational opportunities. With a boat launch, Big Run is a popular
base camp for outdoor-lovers intent on fishing, camping, hiking or
hunting. |
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Big
Run State Park
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Astride
the Casselman River just east of Grantsville stands historic Casselman
River Bridge. The beautiful, 80-foot stone arch bridge was part
of the old National Road. Originally constructed in 1813-14,
the fine single arch stone bridge once served the old National Road
which linked Cumberland, Maryland with the Ohio River. When
constructed, it was the largest of it's kind
in the world. |
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Casselman
River Bridge State Park
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Deep
Creek Lake State Park fronts on a 6-square-mile, man-made lake. Water
sports of all kinds are popular, and in the winter the park offers
6 miles of snowmobile trails. Deep Creek Lake is Western Maryland's
premier destination resort. The Park offers camping, swimming, picnicking,
boat launching, interpretive programs, hiking, and a variety of recreational
opportunities in the resort area. |
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Deep
Creek Lake State Park
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The
forest contains a diversity of trees, abundant wildlife and beautiful
scenery. In 1906 this forest was given to the state of Maryland and
was the beginning of our present public lands system. |
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Garrett
State Park
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![[A snow covered trail into the frozen woods at Herrington Manor State Park.]](photos/HerringtonManor.jpg)
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Located
within Garrett State Forest, Herrington Manor State Park's development
began in the 1930's. A 53-acre lake was formed by damming Herrington
Creek, and ten cabins were erected on a wooded knoll above the lake.
Herrington Manor was designed as a state park in 1964 and encompasses
365 acres. The park offers swimming, boating in rowboats, canoes,
paddle boats and aquacycles, picnicking, hiking, tennis, volleyball
and 20 fully furnished log cabins for rental use year round. |
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Herrington
Manor State Park
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New
Germany State Park is built on the site of a once-prosperous milling
center in Savage River State Forest, and features a 13-acre lake and
11 rental cabins. Trails for hiking in summer and cross-country skiing
in winter lead through typical Western Maryland forest lands. |
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New
Germany State Park
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Potomac
State Forest features the highest point in any Maryland State Forest
- Backbone Mountain. Forests, streams, and valleys make up 12,000
acres of this state forest. The Potomac River has its headwaters
in this rugged mountain forest where wildlife abounds and there is
excellent trout fishing. |
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Potomac
State Forest
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Savage
River State Forest, at 52,812 acres, is the largest facility in the
state forest and park system. It preserves a strategic watershed in
Garrett County. The forest is classified as a northern hardwood
forest. About 2,700 acres of the forest has been designated as Big
Savage Wildland. |
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Savage
River State Forest
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This
mountain park contains some of Maryland's most breathtaking scenery.
The Youghiogheny River flows along the park's borders, passing through
shaded rocky gorges and creating rippling rapids. Muddy Creek Falls
is a crashing 63-foot waterfall -- a spectacular sight. Tall hemlocks
dominate the silent woods, and the meandering trails through Swallow
Falls guide hikers to some of the most breath-taking scenery in Western
Maryland. |
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Swallow
Falls State Park
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