Sampson Rock

Sampson Rock is a peak in Garrett County, Western Maryland, Maryland and has an elevation of 2,917 feet. Sampson Rock is situated nearby to the village Finzel, as well as near the hamlet Pocahontas.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Borden Tunnel.

Borden Tunnel

Tunnel

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Borden Tunnel is a 957-foot long, formerly abandoned, railway tunnel located about 2.5 miles north of Frostburg, Maryland. The tunnel is lit with a series of motion activated LED lights powered by a solar panel located just north of the tunnel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Finzel and Mount Savage.

Finzel

Village

Finzel is a census-designated place in Garrett County, Maryland, United States. Finzel is located on Maryland Route 546 near the Pennsylvania border. As of the 2010 census, its population was 547.

Mount Savage

Village

Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mount Savage is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 873.

Zihlman

Hamlet

Zihlman is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 362.

Sampson Rock

Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,917 feet
Description: mountain in Maryland, United States of America
Categories: mountain and landform
Location: Garrett County, Western Maryland, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.70849° or 39° 42′ 31″ north

Longitude

-78.92883° or 78° 55′ 44″ west

Elevation

2,917 feet (889 metres)

Open location code

87F3P35C+9F

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358240414

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

4368745

Wikidata ID

Q31600537

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Satellite Map

Discover Sampson Rock from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Dutch—“Sampson Rock” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Sampson Rock”
Dutch: “Sampson Rock”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Pocahontas and Slabtown.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cranberry Swamp and Finzel Cemetery.

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