Indian Springs, Maryland

Indian Springs, Maryland

Indian Springs is an unincorporated community in western Washington County, Maryland, United States.

Geography

Indian Springs lies along U.S. Route 40 and Maryland Route 56 between Clear Spring and Hancock. The community is approximately convert|20|mi|km west of Hagerstown and is officially designated a part of the Hagerstown Metropolitan Area (Hagerstown-Martinsburg, Maryland-West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area).

Terrain in the area is generally rugged with elevations between 1000 and convert|2000|ft|m above sea level. Most of the land is wooded. This differs from the rest of the county that generally has more even terrain at 500 to convert|1000|ft|m above sea level with land taken up by farming and urbanized areas (particularly near Hagerstown).

Tourism

Indian Springs is located near the state-run Indian Springs Wildlife Management Area, a convert|6400|acre|km2|sing=on tract of forestry that draws tourists for fishing, hiking, and hunting. Fishing is popular at Blair's Valley Lake and hunting deer is famous in the wooded areas. Fairview Mountain, located in the WMA, once served as a Civil War military signal post. [http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/western/indiansprings.asp]

Camping is also common in campgrounds such as Indian Springs Kampgrounds, Maryland, McCoys Ferry Campground, and Little Pool Campground. [http://www.hikercentral.com/campgrounds/105726.html]

External links

* [http://www.hikercentral.com/campgrounds/105726.html Indian Springs Kampgrounds, Maryland]
* [http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/western/indiansprings.asp Indian Springs WMA]


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