Backbone Mountain
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Backbone Mountain is a ridge of the Allegheny Mountains of the central Appalachian Mountain Range. It is situated in the U.S. states of West Virginia and Maryland and forms a portion of the Eastern Co
Marker at Hoye Crest, the high point of Maryland
Garrett County, Maryland
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Garrett County is the westernmost county of the U.S. state of Maryland, completely within the Appalachian Mountains. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 28,806, making it the third
Backbone Mountain
…approximately 39 miles (63 km) southwest to northeast, from the Black Fork near Hambleton in Tucker County, West Virginia to the Savage River Reservoir in Garrett County, Maryland. The Eastern Continental Divide follows part of the mountain in Maryland. The headwaters of Youghiogheny River, in the watershed of the…
Garrett County Courthouse in December 2013
Forest in Swallow Falls State Park
I-68/US 40 eastbound and US 219 northbound at MD 495 in Garrett County