This is a very quiet place to relax in the rural Appalachian mountains in Western Maryland beside the historic Braddock Trail. This is 1 acre of a grassy hill with a fixer upper house that is locked up. It is semi-private with pine trees between a flat area and the roadway. This is a great place to bike and walk in several directions and includes part of the Braddock Trail. It would require a camper with your own running water and bath. My relations live next door if there are any dire needs.
This location is in driving distance to many tourist attractions. Garrett County is a tri-state area with rich history in all directions. For example: Amish country is a 20 minute drive in Spring, PA, The Wisp Resort, Waterfall sites, The C&O Canal and train rides in Cumberland, MD and Hampshire County, WV where bald eagle watching is common to name just a few.
Additional historic information:
"In 1755, during the French & Indian War, British General Edward Braddock of the Coldstream Guards led a 2,100-man army from the Washington DC area to what was then Fort Cumberland. The troops intended to dislodge the French from Fort Dusquesne on the “Forks of the Ohio” (now Pittsburgh) roughly 100 miles away.
Braddock had received important assistance from Benjamin Franklin, who helped procure wagons and supplies for the expedition. Setting out from Fort Cumberland on May 29, 1755, the expedition faced an enormous logistical challenge: moving a large body of men with equipment, provisions, and (most importantly for the task ahead) heavy cannon, across the densely wooded Allegheny Mountains and into western Pennsylvania.
Braddock’s aide, Captain Robert Orme, duly recorded the army’s 30 wagons, 400 horses, siege artillery and tons of supplies. Braddock built a road over Wills Mountain, across the Cumberland Narrows, continuing over Haystack Mountain through (what was not yet) the Dingle, close to Nemacolin’s path, and ending ultimately in Great Meadow, near Union Town, PA.
By the time he was ready to leave his 4th camp, Braddock acknowledged the ongoing challenge posed by advancing such a massive retinue, and so took a young George Washington’s advice and created a flying column, “leaving the heavy artillery and baggage behind to follow by easy stages under Colonel Dunbar,” according to the General Braddock’s 5th Camp Maryland Historical Road Marker.
Among the wagoners, incidentally, were two young men who would later become legends of American history: Daniel Boone, and Daniel Morgan.
Braddock met defeat east of Fort Duquesne and was fatally wounded. He was buried in the middle of the road he built and his soldiers marched over the grave in hopes of concealing its location from the Indians.
More than 150 years after Braddock’s march to his disastrous fate, John Kennedy Lacock, a Harvard Professor hailing from Amity, PA, led an expedition to retrace the original route of Braddock’s Road. Lacock spent countless days scouring the countryside and was able to identify the exact path of Braddock’s march."
from appalachianhistorydotnet
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Welcome to the very historic and well known Braddock Trail near George Washington's Fort Cumberland! This particular campsite is a picturque place to relax in the rural Appalachian mountains in Western Maryland beside the historic Braddock Trail. This is 1 acre of a grassy hill with a fixer upper house and yard that is locked up. It is semi-private with pine trees between a camping area and the roadway. This is a great place to bike and walk in several directions and includes part of the Braddock Trail. If you walk across the road and up the road beside the red barn you are on the Braddock Trail (see below for history). There is an unknown soldier grave on the Southeast side of the pond. Further up the hill at the graveyard you can see for miles in all directions and view windmills in MD and PA. This sites does not currently have running water. Tent pitching, camp fires and electric hook up for charging batteries are allowed/available. The area does have need of painting and upkeep. A few neighbors have dogs and if barking becomes an issues please text me and I will contact neighbors. I cannot do much about the occasional motor bike noises though. Please do not venture off the property onto someone elses or encourage any animal onto the property. The property line is near the trees surrounding the area. The area is secure with minimal risk of theft.
This location is in driving distance to many tourist attractions. Garrett County is higher elevation and can get colder than all other surrounding areas. It is a tri-state area with rich history in all directions. For example: Amish country is a 20 minute drive in Springs, PA, The Wisp Ski Resort, Waterfall sites, The C&O Canal and train rides in Cumberland, MD and Hampshire County, WV where bald eagle watching is common to name just a few. One mile away on Long Stretch there is a decent Pizza shop and fire wood sales. Refunds are not possible when campers fail to show...except for special situations.
Additional historic information:
"In 1755, during the French & Indian War, British General Edward Braddock of the Coldstream Guards led a 2,100-man army from the Washington DC area to what was then Fort Cumberland. The troops intended to dislodge the French from Fort Dusquesne on the “Forks of the Ohio” (now Pittsburgh) roughly 100 miles away.
Braddock had received important assistance from Benjamin Franklin, who helped procure wagons and supplies for the expedition. Setting out from Fort Cumberland on May 29, 1755, the expedition faced an enormous logistical challenge: moving a large body of men with equipment, provisions, and (most importantly for the task ahead) heavy cannon, across the densely wooded Allegheny Mountains and into western Pennsylvania.
Braddock’s aide, Captain Robert Orme, duly recorded the army’s 30 wagons, 400 horses, siege artillery and tons of supplies. Braddock built a road over Wills Mountain, across the Cumberland Narrows, continuing over Haystack Mountain through (what was not yet) the Dingle, close to Nemacolin’s path, and ending ultimately in Great Meadow, near Union Town, PA.
By the time he was ready to leave his 4th camp, Braddock acknowledged the ongoing challenge posed by advancing such a massive retinue, and so took a young George Washington’s advice and created a flying column, “leaving the heavy artillery and baggage behind to follow by easy stages under Colonel Dunbar,” according to the General Braddock’s 5th Camp Maryland Historical Road Marker.
Among the wagoners, incidentally, were two young men who would later become legends of American history: Daniel Boone, and Daniel Morgan.
Braddock met defeat east of Fort Duquesne and was fatally wounded. He was buried in the middle of the road he built and his soldiers marched over the grave in hopes of concealing its location from the Indians.
More than 150 years after Braddock’s march to his disastrous fate, John Kennedy Lacock, a Harvard Professor hailing from Amity, PA, led an expedition to retrace the original route of Braddock’s Road. Lacock spent countless days scouring the countryside and was able to identify the exact path of Braddock’s march."
from appalachianhistorydotnet
