Swallow Falls State Park

Garrett · Maryland Department of Natural Resources

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Mailing Address: Swallow Falls State Park c/o Herrington Manor State Park 222 Herrington Lane Oakland, MD 21550 Contact:301-387-6938 - Swallow Falls State Park Office 301-334-9180 (February and March) - Herrington Manor State Park Headquarters This mountain park is located nine miles north of Oakland, Maryland and contains some of Maryland's most breathtaking scenery. The Youghiogheny River flows along the park's borders, passing through shaded rocky gorges and creating rippling rapids. Muddy Creek Falls is a crashing 53-foot waterfall – a spectacular sight. Tall hemlocks dominate the silent woods. The 1 1/4 mile trail through Swallow Falls guides hikers to some of the most breath-taking scenery in Western Maryland. Famous Travelers is a series of articles by Francis Champ Zumbrun covering a time in the summer of 1921, when Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone camped for two weeks in western Maryland. The vagabonds was a term the wealthy captains of industry called themselves when camping together. From their camp at “Camp Harding” along Licking Creek, about 6 miles east of Hancock, they traveled to present day Swallow Falls State Park where they camped from July 27 to July 31. Read more....

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