Gathland Picnic Shelter
Gathland Picnic Shelter is a shelter in Washington County, Western Maryland, Maryland. Gathland Picnic Shelter is situated nearby to the mountain saddle Crampton Gap, as well as near the monument National War Correspondents Memorial.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Crampton Gap and Gathland State Park.
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.
Gathland State Park
Museum
Photo: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gathland State Park is a public recreation area and historic preserve located on South Mountain near Burkittsville, Maryland, in the United States. The state park occupies the former estate of war correspondent George Alfred Townsend, who wrote under the pen name "Gath" during the American Civil War. Gathland State Park is situated 390 feet south of Gathland Picnic Shelter.
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 Gapland.
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.
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
Hamlet
Brownsville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States, near Gapland in an area known as Pleasant Valley. Its population was 89 as of the 2010 census. Brownsville is situated 2 miles southwest of Gathland Picnic Shelter.
Gathland Picnic Shelter
- Type: Shelter
- Category: building
- Location: Washington County, Western Maryland, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.40599° or 39° 24′ 22″ northLongitude
-77.63982° or 77° 38′ 23″ westOperator
Maryland State ParksOpen location code
87F4C946+93OpenStreetMap ID
way 488889823OpenStreetMap feature
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