• Heritage Area At a Glance 

  • Getting Here

  • Find Your Route

    The Mountain Maryland Gateway to the West Heritage Area is an easy drive from anywhere! Garrett County, Maryland’s westernmost county, is less than a three-hour drive from the metropolitan areas of Washington DC and Baltimore, less than two hours from Pittsburgh, PA and a 45 minute drive from Morgantown, WV. Columbus, OH is less than a four-hour drive. Find your route to experience all that we have to offer here in Maryland’s Gateway to the West!

    Highway Distances to Deep Creek Lake Area

     

    View Garrett County Distance Map in a larger map

     

  • CITY | MILEAGE

    • Baltimore, MD | 181 miles
    • Philadelphia, PA | 277 miles
    • Charleston, WV | 196 miles
    • Pittsburgh, PA | 121 miles
    • Cincinnati, OH | 350 miles
    • Richmond, VA | 276 miles
    • Cleveland, OH | 248 miles
    • Washington, DC | 178 miles
  • CITY | MILEAGE

    • Hagerstown, MD | 109 miles
    • Wilmington, DE | 253 miles
    • Frederick, MD | 134 miles
    • Johnstown, PA | 83 miles
    • Columbus, OH | 250 miles
    • Uniontown, PA | 38 miles
    • Morgantown, WV | 43 miles
    • Winchester, VA | 122 miles
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  • This project has been financed in part with State Funds from the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority, an instrumentality of the State of Maryland.
    However, project contents or opinions do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority.

  • Photo Credits: Tim Jacobsen, Bob Carney, Marcia Warnick, Sarah Myers, Crede Calhoun, Higher Focus Studios, Garrett Historical Society, Sarah Duck, Garrett County Chamber of Commerce