Brownsville Pond Fish Management Area

Brownsville Pond Fish Management Area is a nature reserve in Washington County, Western Maryland, Maryland. Brownsville Pond Fish Management Area is situated near the neighborhood Pleasant Valley, as well as near the hamlet Augusta.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Gathland State Park and Crampton Gap.

Gathland State Park

Museum

Photo: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Gathland State Park is a Maryland state park located on South Mountain near Burkittsville, Maryland, in the United States. The park occupies the former estate of war correspondent George Alfred Townsend, who wrote under the pen name "Gath" during the American Civil War.

Crampton Gap

Mountain saddle

Photo: Wilson44691, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Crampton's Gap, also known as Crampton Gap, is a wind gap on South Mountain in Maryland. The 928 feet gap connects Burkittsville in the Middletown Valley to the east with Gapland and Rohrersville in the Pleasant Valley to the west.

National War Correspondents Memorial

Monument

Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The National War Correspondents Memorial, part of Gathland State Park, is a memorial dedicated to journalists who died in war. It is located at Crampton's Gap at South Mountain, near Burkittsville, Maryland, in the United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burkittsville and Yarrowsburg.

Burkittsville

Village

Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Burkittsville is a historic village in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. The village lies in the southern Middletown Valley along the eastern base of South Mountain.

Yarrowsburg

Hamlet

Yarrowsburg is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States. Its population was 133 as of the 2010 census.

Gapland

Hamlet

Gapland is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States. Its population was 109 as of the 2010 census.

Brownsville Pond Fish Management Area

Type: Nature reserve
Also known as: “BROWNSVILLE POND FMA”
Category: recreation area
Location: Washington County, Western Maryland, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.3813° or 39° 22′ 53″ north

Longitude

-77.6625° or 77° 39′ 45″ west

Operator

Fisheries Service

Open location code

87F498JQ+G2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 278357417

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Brownsville and Pleasant Valley.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Brownsville Community Pond and Brownsville Post Office.

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Worth a closer look: Hagerstown and Hancock.

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