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Pen Mar Park, Highfield-Cascade, MD

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Pen Mar Park

A hilltop county park on the Maryland-Pennsylvania border, built on the site of an early 1870s amusement park.

14600 Pen Mar Rd, Highfield-Cascade, MD 21719 · Highfield-Cascade, MD

About Pen Mar Park

Pen Mar Park is a scenic county park in Washington County, Maryland, sitting at about 1,400 feet of elevation near the Mason-Dixon Line. The site was chosen in 1871 by a railroad official for an amusement park, which opened in 1877 and was dismantled in 1943. Today the park has a scenic lookout, a picnic shelter, a children's playground, and a multipurpose pavilion that hosts Sunday dances with live music in summer. Visitors can also see markers showing where former attractions once stood, along with picnic tables, restrooms, and an interpretive center.

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