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Oakland is a town in and the county seat of Garrett County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,851 at the 2020 census. It is situated only miles from the source of the Potomac River, which flows directly into Chesapeake Bay. It is also near the Wisp Resort at Deep Creek Lake.
www.garrettcounty.org. Panoramic view of Deep Creek Lake, Garrett County, MD. Garrett County (/ ɡərɛt /) is the westernmost county of the U.S. state of Maryland completely within the Appalachian Mountains. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,806, [1] making it the third-least populous county in Maryland. Its county seat is Oakland. [2]
Geography of Maryland. Physical regions of Maryland. The U.S. state of Maryland has a varied geography. It has an area of 12,406.68 square miles (32,133.2 km 2) and is comparable in overall area with Belgium [11,787 square miles (30,530 km 2)]. [1] It is the 42nd largest and 9th smallest state and is closest in size to the state of Hawaii ...
Below is climate data for Oakland, located in Garrett County, the westernmost and highest elevation county in Western Maryland. [ 6 ] Climate data for Oakland, Maryland (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1893−present)
Map of the United States with Maryland highlighted. Maryland is a state located in the Southern United States. [1] As of the 2020 United States census, Maryland is the 18th-most populous state with 6,177,224 inhabitants and the ninth-smallest by land area, spanning 9,707.24 square miles (25,141.6 km 2) of land. [2]
Deep Creek Lake is a man-made reservoir in the U.S. state of Maryland. [1] It has an area of 3,900 acres (16 km 2), a shoreline length of 69 miles (111 km), and a volume of 106,000 acre⋅ft (0.131 km 3). [2][3] The lake is home to a wide variety of aquatic life, such as freshwater fish and aquatic birds.
Swallow Falls State Park. / 39.49667°N 79.42528°W / 39.49667; -79.42528. Swallow Falls State Park is a public recreation area located on the west bank of the Youghiogheny River nine miles (14 km) northwest of Oakland in Garrett County, Maryland, in the United States. The state park features Maryland's highest free-falling waterfall ...
Allegany County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 68,106. [1] Its county seat is Cumberland. [2] The name Allegany may come from a local Lenape word, welhik hane[3][4] or oolikhanna, which means 'best flowing river of the hills' or 'beautiful stream'. [5]