Glen Afton Spring

Glen Afton Spring is a spring in Washington County, Western Maryland, Maryland. Glen Afton Spring is situated nearby to the locality Pen Mar Park, as well as near the hamlet Fort Ritchie.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pen Mar Park and Camp Louise.

Pen Mar Park

Park

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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.

Camp Louise

Summer camp

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.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pen Mar and Fort Ritchie.

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.

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. Highfield-Cascade is situated 1½ miles east of Glen Afton Spring.

Glen Afton Spring

Type: Spring
Category: body of water
Location: Washington County, Western Maryland, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.71509° or 39° 42′ 54″ north

Longitude

-77.5111° or 77° 30′ 40″ west

Elevation

1,194 feet (364 metres)

Open location code

87F4PF8Q+2H

GeoNames ID

4356183

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Pen Mar Park and Blue Mountain.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Camp Louise and Upper Lake Royer Dam.

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