Beartown

Beartown is a hamlet in Washington Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Beartown is situated nearby to the hamlet Buena Vista Springs, as well as near the locality Waterloo.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Monterey Pass and Hawley Memorial Presbyterian Church.

Monterey Pass

Mountain saddle

Photo: Jstuby, Public domain.

Monterey Pass is a 1,300 feet mountain pass located in Franklin County, southern Pennsylvania. Monterey Pass is situated 1½ miles southeast of Beartown.

Hawley Memorial Presbyterian Church

Church

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Hawley Memorial Presbyterian Church is situated 1½ miles east of Beartown.

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. Pen Mar Park is situated 2 miles south of Beartown.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Monterey and Pen Mar.

Monterey

Hamlet

Monterey, Pennsylvania, is an unincorporated community which was added to the USGS Geographic Names Information System on August 2, 1979. After the site was surveyed c. 1839 for the never-completed Tapeworm Railroad, the summit community was settled on the… Monterey is situated 1½ miles east of Beartown.

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. Pen Mar is situated 1½ miles south of Beartown.

Rouzerville

Village

Rouzerville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 903 at the 2020 census. Rouzerville is situated 2 miles west of Beartown.

Beartown

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Washington Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.74509° or 39° 44′ 42″ north

Longitude

-77.50082° or 77° 30′ 3″ west

Elevation

1,152 feet (351 metres)

Open location code

87F4PFWX+2M

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158364771

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4556455

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