Youghiogheny Overlook Welcome Center - Highway I-68, Maryland
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a tourist information center located on Highway I-68, eastbound, some 1.5 miles east of Friendsville, Maryland
Waymark Code: WMW8G5
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 07/24/2017
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This tourist information center is located on Highway I-68, eastbound, some 1.5 miles east of Friendsville, Maryland.
According to Wikipedia, "Friendsville is a town in Garrett County, Maryland, United States. The population was 491 at the 2010 census.
Friendsville is named after its first European settler, John Friend, who came to what is now Garrett County before the American Revolution. Many of Friend's descendants live in Garrett County today, and the headquarters and library of the Friend Family Association are in Friendsville because of this connection.
The town has a total area of 0.91 square miles, all land. The Youghiogheny River flows through the town and is renowned by the whitewater kayaking/rafting community as the take-out for the famous Upper Yough run".
The site of the center offers an exceptional view of the Youghiogheny reservoir, formed in 1944 by the damming of the Youghiogheny River upstream from Confluence, Pennsylvania. Youghiogheny Dam is an earthen structure, 184 feet high and 1610 long at its crest, owned and operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The reservoir's normal surface area is about 4.4 square miles, and it has a maximum capacity of 300,000 acre-feet, although its normal storage level is 149,300 acre-feet".
Source: Wikipedia & so on.
Address: I-68, Friendsville, MD 21531, USA
Phone: +1 301-746-4017
Hours of Operation:
open 8:30 to 4:30 (welcome center)
Public Washrooms: Mens, Womens, Family and Handicapped
Snacks/Drinks at the facility: Yes - Vending Only
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