Cascade
Cascade is a quarter in Washington County, Western Maryland, Maryland. Cascade is situated nearby to the hamlet Fort Ritchie, as well as near the quarter Highfield.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarter
- Also known as: “Camp Ritchie Station”
- Postal code: 21719
Places of Interest
Highlights include Camp Louise and Pen Mar Park.
Camp Louise
Summer camp facility
Camp Louise is an all-girls, Jewish overnight summer camp in the Catoctin Mountains in Cascade, Maryland. It is the sister camp of Camp Airy for boys, which is located in Thurmont.
Pen Mar Park
Park
Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pen Mar Park is a scenic area and county park in the community of Pen Mar in Washington County, Maryland. It is located on Pen Mar High Rock Road adjacent to the Mason–Dixon line.
Quirauk Mountain
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Quirauk Mountain is the highest point on South Mountain. The 2,145-foot peak is located in northeastern Washington County, Maryland. It lies just southwest of Fort Ritchie Military Reservation in the village of Cascade and about 1/2 mile southeast of the community of Blue Mountain. Quirauk Mountain is situated 1½ miles southwest of Cascade.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Ritchie and Highfield-Cascade.
Fort Ritchie
Hamlet
Fort Ritchie is a census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States, just south of the Pennsylvania state line. The population was 276 at the 2000 census. Fort Ritchie is a former U.S. military base that closed in September 1998, pursuant to the 1995 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania is immediately to the north.
Highfield-Cascade
Village
Highfield-Cascade is a census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States. The CDP is, however, more commonly referred to as just Cascade, MD.
Pen Mar
Village
Pen Mar is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Maryland, United States. It is one of the border towns in the United States with a portmanteau name.
Cascade
- Category: locality
- Location: Washington County, Western Maryland, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.71093° or 39° 42′ 39″ northLongitude
-77.48943° or 77° 29′ 22″ westElevation
1,348 feet (411 metres)Open location code
87F4PG66+96OpenStreetMap ID
node 157580863OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
4350559
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