White Horse Rapids
White Horse Rapids is a rapids in Washington County, Western Maryland, Maryland. White Horse Rapids is situated nearby to the hamlet Sandy Hook, as well as near the neighborhood Lower Town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Potomac Water Gap and Harpers Ferry station.
Potomac Water Gap
Mountain saddle
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Potomac Water Gap is a double water gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains, located at the intersection of the states of Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland, near Harpers Ferry. At 256 feet, it is the lowest crossing of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Harpers Ferry station
Railway station
Photo: jpmueller99, CC BY 2.0.
Harpers Ferry station is a railway station in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. It is served by the Amtrak Floridian intercity service as well as the MARC Brunswick Line commuter service.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandy Hook and Loudoun Heights.
Sandy Hook
Hamlet
Photo: Bonnachoven, CC0.
Sandy Hook is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States. Its population was 188 as of the 2010 census.
Loudoun Heights
Hamlet
Loudoun Heights is an unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States, near Purcellville and Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. It is located in the Between the Hills region of the county along Harpers Ferry Road and is bounded to its northwest and northeast by the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park on the Potomac River.
Harpers Ferry
Harpers Ferry is a historic town of 285 people in the northern corner of the Shenandoah Valley just inside West Virginia. It is a natural transportation hub: the Shenandoah River empties into the Potomac there.
White Horse Rapids
- Type: Rapids
- Category: body of water
- Location: Washington County, Western Maryland, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.32232° or 39° 19′ 20″ northLongitude
-77.71916° or 77° 43′ 9″ westElevation
249 feet (76 metres)Open location code
87F487CJ+W8OpenStreetMap ID
node 358253128OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=rapidsGeoNames ID
4373420
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