Spring Gap, Maryland

Spring Gap is a unincorporated community of Allegany County, Maryland, United States.

Spring Gap is located in the Potomac Valley along the C&O Canal at mile marker 173 where it meets with the Spring Gap Recreational Area. This Park offers camping sites and a place to relax for hiker-bikers of the C&O tow path. In additional, This Park is easy to access by car and proves canoe access to the Potomac river. The Spring Gap Recreation Area is a popular location to pick-up, drop-off, or park when hiking or biking the C&O canel tow path to or from Cumberland, Maryland. [Mike High, The C&O Canal Companion, John Hopkins Press, 2000, page 265, ISBN-0-8018-6602-2]

Some of the best fishing in the Potomac River is in the section from Spring Gap toHancock. [Barbara Rogers, "Adventure Guide to the Chesapeake Bay", Hunter Publishing Inc., page 79]

Running nearby the C&O canel is the CSX main line to Cumberland and Route 51.

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Geography

Elevation: 641 feetLatitude: 39.5652Longitude: -78.71658

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