Cumberland Valley

Not to be confused with Cumberland Gap, Cumberland Narrows, or Cumberland, MD-WV MSA.

Cumberland Valley
The Great Appalachian Valley includes the 7) Cumberland Valley depicted east of the Appalachian escarpment between the 6) Lebanon and 8) Shenandoah Valleys.
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Location	Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Franklin County, Pennsylvania Washington County, Maryland
Floor elevation	600 ft (183 m)
Long-axis direction	northeast-southwest
Long-axis length	73 miles (117 km)
Width	12 miles (19 km)
Geographic boundaries	Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians(west/north) South Mountain (east/south) Susquehanna River (east) Potomac River (south)
Coordinates	39°56′N 77°43′W / 39.93°N 77.72°W / 39.93; -77.72Coordinates: 39°56′N 77°43′W / 39.93°N 77.72°W / 39.93; -77.72
Population Centers	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Carlisle, Mechanicsburg, Shippensburg, Chambersburg, Greencastle Hagerstown, Maryland

The Cumberland Valley is a constituent valley of the Great Appalachian Valley and a North American agricultural^[specify] region within the Atlantic Seaboard watershed in Pennsylvania and Maryland.

The valley is bound to the west and north by Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians (Bear Pond Mountains/Blue Mountain), to the east and south by South Mountain, to the northeast by the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg and to the south by the Potomac River. The portion of the valley residing in Maryland is sometimes referred to as the Hagerstown Valley.

The Cumberland Valley Railroad, Cumberland Valley School District, and the Cumberland Valley AVA are named for the region. The cities of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania^[1] and Hagerstown, Maryland are located in the Cumberland Valley.

References

1. ^ Cumberland Valley Railroad, March 2002 – Harrisburg Pennsylvania to Winchester Virginia Retrieved 2011-01-28.

• Stewart, Harriet Wylie (1918). "History of the Cumberland Valley, Pennsylvania". http://openlibrary.org/b/OL22195385M/History_of_the_Cumberland_Valley_Pennsylvania.