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Youghiogheny River Watershed in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. The Youghiogheny rises in northern West Virginia, in Preston County southeast of Aurora and near Backbone Mountain. The headwaters are approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of the headwaters of the North Branch Potomac River and pass through Silver Lake before flowing ...
4.4 sq mi (11 km 2) Water volume. 149,300 acre⋅ft (0.1842 km 3) Normal. Surface elevation. 1,440 ft (440 m) [2] The Youghiogheny River Lake is a flood control reservoir that is located in southwestern Pennsylvania and western Maryland. It is a significant tourist attraction that brings in more than one million visitors a year to the area.
The Youghiogheny Scenic & Wild River is a river given special protected status by the state of Maryland. This wild and scenic portion of the Youghiogheny River is located in Western Garrett County, in Western Maryland. The Yough drains an area comprising approximately 397 square miles (1,030 km 2) in Maryland, flowing through forests and farms.
Youghiogheny River Trail. McKeesport and Port Vue. P&LE Liberty Boro Bridge. CSX Keystone Subdivision. McKeesport and Liberty. Boston Bridge. Orange Belt. PA 48. Versailles and Elizabeth Township.
18th and 19th centuries. The Monongahela River valley was the site of a famous battle that was one of the first in the French and Indian War —the Braddock Expedition (May–July 1755). It resulted in a sharp defeat for two thousand British and Colonial forces against those of the French and their Native American allies.
Jacobs Creek is a 33.4-mile-long (53.8 km) [6] tributary of the Youghiogheny River beginning in Acme, Pennsylvania and draining at its mouth in the town of Jacobs Creek into the Youghiogheny River. Jacobs Creek is the southwestern border of Westmoreland County and the northwestern border of Fayette County. The area was a major producer of rye ...
The Casselman River is a 56.5-mile-long (90.9 km) [6] tributary of the Youghiogheny River in western Maryland and Pennsylvania in the United States. [7] The Casselman River drains an area of 576 square miles. [8]
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, the 53-foot (16 m) Muddy Creek Falls, [4] as well as smaller waterfalls on the ...