1887 Barn ruins

1887 Barn ruins is a ruins in Washington County, Western Maryland, Maryland. 1887 Barn ruins is situated near the mountain saddle Crampton Gap, as well as near the monument National War Correspondents Memorial.

Places of Interest Nearby

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. Gathland State Park is situated 660 feet south of 1887 Barn ruins.

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. National War Correspondents Memorial is situated 380 feet south of 1887 Barn ruins.

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 1887 Barn ruins.

1887 Barn ruins

Type: Ruins
Categories: building and historic site
Location: Washington County, Western Maryland, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.40674° or 39° 24′ 24″ north

Longitude

-77.63972° or 77° 38′ 23″ west

Open location code

87F4C946+M4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 759882048

OpenStreetMap feature

building=ruins

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Ceres Bethel AME Church and Ceres Bethel AME Church Cemetery.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Gathland Picnic Shelter and Willow.

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Worth a closer look: Hagerstown and Hancock.

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