Dans Mountain State Park

Dan's Mountain State Park
Maryland State Park
Country	United States
State	Maryland
County	Allegany

Elevation	2,224 ft (678 m) ^[1]
Coordinates	39°33′28″N 78°57′12″W / 39.55778°N 78.95333°W / 39.55778; -78.95333Coordinates: 39°33′28″N 78°57′12″W / 39.55778°N 78.95333°W / 39.55778; -78.95333

Area	482 acres (195 ha) ^[2]

Established	Unspecified
Management	Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Location in Maryland
Website: Dan's Mountain State Park

Dan's Mountain State Park is a state park in Allegany County, Maryland, located 9 miles (14 km) south of Frostburg, next to the town of Lonaconing. The park occupies 482 acres (195 ha) on 16-mile-long (26 km) Dans Mountain.

History

Dans Mountain was named after Daniel Cresap, the son of Thomas Cresap and an early settler of Allegany County, who fell from a tree on the mountain while hunting bear cubs. According to the legendary tale, Cresap's hunting companion, the Delaware Indian Nemacolin, found his unconscious body and using a horse and litter dragged him home to safety.^[3]

Activities and amenities

The park features a wide variety of wildlife, mountain streams, and scenic overlooks as well as a pond that is stocked annually, an Olympic-sized swimming pool with modern bathhouse, and concession stands that serve the area from Memorial Day to Labor Day.^[4]

Dan's Rock

Dan's Rock, the highest point in Allegany County at 2,898 feet (883 m), is part of Dan's Mountain Wildlife Management Area and can be accessed from Old Dan's Rock Road in Midland. There is no direct access to Dan's Rock Overlook from Dan's Mountain State Park.

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dans Mountain State Park
↑ "FY2013 DNR Owned Lands Acreage Report". Maryland DNR. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
↑ Goodwin, Lt. Col. Vaughn K. (September 1996). "Frontiersman Odyssey: The Cresaps of Maryland". Muzzle Blasts Online (National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association). Retrieved November 19, 2013.
↑ "Dan's Mountain State Park". Maryland DNR. Retrieved November 19, 2013.

External links

Dan's Mountain State Park Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Protected areas of Maryland

Federal

National battlefields	Antietam Monocacy

National historical parks	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

National historic sites	Clara Barton Hampton Thomas Stone

National monuments	Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad

National seashores	Assateague Island

National Park Service parks	Catoctin Mountain Park Fort Foote Park Fort Washington Park Glen Echo Park Greenbelt Park Harmony Hall Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Farm Piscataway Park

National wildlife refuges	Blackwater Eastern Neck Martin Patuxent Research Refuge Susquehanna River

National historic and scenic trails	Appalachian Trail Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail

Other protected areas	Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

State

State parks	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

State forests	Cedarville Chesapeake Doncaster Elk Neck Garrett Green Ridge Pocomoke Potomac-Garrett Savage River Seth Stoney Wicomico

Wildlife management areas	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

Natural environment areas	Belt Woods Dundee Governor Parris N. Glendening Mattawoman Morgan Run Severn Run Soldiers Delight Zekiah Swamp

County and
municipal

Parks and sanctuaries	Acorn 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 Park Troy Park

Non-
governmental

Parks and sanctuaries	Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Sanctuary Conservation and Environmental Research Areas of UMBC Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary Sherwood Gardens Somers Cove Marina Sugarloaf Mountain Western Maryland Rail Trail Youghiogheny Scenic & Wild River

Nature centers	List of nature centers in Maryland

Maryland Department of Natural Resources (web): Maryland Forest Service and Maryland Park Service (web)