Pen Mar
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 947 residents
- Description: unincorporated community in Washington County, Maryland
- Also known as: “Pen Mar Park, Maryland”, “Pen Mar, Maryland”, and “Pen Mar, MD”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pen Mar Park and Camp Louise.
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.
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.
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 south of Pen Mar.
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.
Blue Ridge Summit
Village
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
Blue Ridge Summit is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States, southwest of Gettysburg in the central part of the state, adjoining Pennsylvania's southern border with Maryland. Blue Ridge Summit is situated 2 miles east of Pen Mar.
Pen Mar
Latitude
39.72045° or 39° 43′ 14″ northLongitude
-77.50661° or 77° 30′ 24″ westPopulation
947Elevation
1,237 feet (377 metres)Open location code
87F4PFCV+59OpenStreetMap ID
node 158533165OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
4560271Wikidata ID
Q3374623
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Pen Mar” goes by many names.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Buena Vista Springs and Highfield Cascade.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Highfield Post Office and Old benjmain Field (Lebanon).
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