- Dans Mountain State Park
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Dans Mountain State Park IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape)Location Allegany County, Maryland, USA Coordinates 39°33′28″N 78°57′12″W / 39.55778°N 78.95333°WCoordinates: 39°33′28″N 78°57′12″W / 39.55778°N 78.95333°W Area 481 acres (1.95 km²) Governing body Maryland Department of Natural Resources Dan's Mountain State Park located in Allegany County, Maryland, is 9 miles (14 km) south of Frostburg, Maryland next to the town of Lonaconing, Maryland. The park offers 481 acres (1.95 km2) of wildlife along a 16-mile (26 km) stretch of Dans Mountain, including a wide variety of wildlife, mountain streams, and scenic overlooks.
Dan's Rock Overlook is the highest scenic overlook in the park at 2,898 feet (883 m). The park also features a pond that is stocked annually, and an Olympic size pool with a modern bathhouse, and concession stands that serves the area from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
The park is named after Dans Mountain, which was is in turn named after Daniel Cresap, one of the first settlers in Allegany County. Daniel was known for being adventurous, often hunting with a Delaware Indian named Nemacolin. While pursuing a bear in a tree, Daniel fell and lay unconscious until Nemacolin found him, and dragged Daniel home to safety. Since that event, the mountain has been known as Dan's Mountain.
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Protected Areas of Maryland Federal Blackwater • Eastern Neck • Martin • Patuxent Research Refuge • Susquehanna RiverState Assateague • Big Run • Bill Burton Fishing Pier State Park • Calvert Cliffs • Casselman River Bridge • Chapel Point • Cunningham Falls • Dans Mountain • Deep Creek Lake • Elk Neck • Fort Frederick • Fort Tonoloway • Gambrill • Gathland • Greenbrier • Greenwell • Gunpowder Falls • Hart-Miller Island • Herrington Manor • Janes Island • Jonas Green • Martinak • Matapeake • New Germany • North Point • Palmer • Patapsco Valley • Patuxent River • Pocomoke River • Point Lookout • Purse • Rocks • Rocky Gap • Rosaryville • Sandy Point • Seneca Creek • Smallwood • South Mountain • St. Clement's Island • St. Mary's River • Susquehanna • Swallow Falls • Tuckahoe • Washington Monument • Wye Oak
Cedarville • Chesapeake • Doncaster • Elk Neck • Garrett • Green Ridge • Pocomoke • Potomac-Garrett • Savage River • Seth • Stoney • Wicomico
Avondale • Belle Grove • Billmeyer • Bowen • Cedar Island • Cedar Point • Cheltenham • Chicamuxen • Dan's Mountain • Deal Island • Diersson • E.A. Vaughn • Earlville • Ellis Bay • Fairmount • Fishing Bay • Frederick City Watershed • Grove Farm • Gwynnbrook • Heater's Island • Hugg-Thomas • Idylwild • Indian Springs • Islands of the Potomac • Isle of Wight • Johnson • Le Compte • Linkwood • McKee-Beshers • Maryland Marine Properties • Millington • Mt. Nebo • Myrtle Grove • Nanticoke River • Old Bohemia • Pocomoke River • Prather’s Neck • Pocomoke Sound • Sideling Hill • Sinepuxent Bay • South Marsh • Strider • Taylors Island • Warrior Mountain • Wellington
Belt Woods • Dundee • Governor Parris N. Glendening • Mattawoman • Morgan Run • Severn Run • Soldiers Delight • Zekiah Swamp
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MunicipalParks & SanctuariesAcorn Park • Clifton Park • Constitution Park • Fort Smallwood Park • Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary • Lake Centennial • Lake Elkhorn • Lakelands Park • Oregon Ridge Park • Patterson Park • Robert E. Lee Memorial ParkNon-governmental Parks & SanctuariesBattle Creek Cypress Swamp Sanctuary • Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary • Sherwood Gardens • Somers Cove Marina • Sugarloaf Mountain • Western Maryland Rail Trail • Youghiogheny Scenic & Wild River
Maryland Department of Natural Resources (web): Maryland Park Service (web) and Maryland Forest ServiceCategories:- IUCN Category V
- Maryland state parks
- Parks in Allegany County, Maryland
- Parks in Cumberland, MD-WV-PA
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