Garrett County, Maryland

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Garrett County, Maryland is a rural, mountainous county in the westernmost part of the state known for its high elevations, outdoor recreation, and natural scenery.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity ⓘ
county ⓘ
borders Allegany County, Maryland ⓘ
Fayette County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Grant County, West Virginia ⓘ
Mineral County, West Virginia ⓘ
Preston County, West Virginia ⓘ
Somerset County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
contains Casselman River Bridge State Park ⓘ
Deep Creek Lake ⓘ
Garrett State Forest ⓘ
Herrington Manor State Park ⓘ
New Germany State Park ⓘ
Potomac River headwaters ⓘ
Savage River State Forest ⓘ
Swallow Falls State Park ⓘ
Wisp Resort ⓘ
Youghiogheny River ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 2900 feet at Backbone Mountain ⓘ
FIPSCode 24023 ⓘ
GNISID 01710909 ⓘ
hasArea approximately 656 square miles ⓘ
hasClimate humid continental climate ⓘ
hasCountySeat Oakland, Maryland ⓘ
hasLargestSettlement Oakland, Maryland ⓘ
hasLegislativeDistrict Maryland's 6th congressional district ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.garrettcounty.org/ ⓘ
hasPopulation approximately 28,000 (2020 census) ⓘ
hasPrimaryEconomicSector agriculture ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasRegionCode area code 240 ⓘ
area code 301 ⓘ
hasVehicleRegistrationCode Maryland ⓘ
highestPoint Backbone Mountain ⓘ
inception 1872 ⓘ
knownFor boating ⓘ
fall foliage ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
natural scenery ⓘ
outdoor recreation ⓘ
skiing ⓘ
locatedIn Western Maryland ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
namedAfter John Work Garrett ⓘ
partOf Maryland ⓘ

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Backbone Mountain → runsThroughCounty → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Fayette County → borderedBy → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Somerset County → borders → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Fayette County, Pennsylvania → borders → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
North Branch Potomac River → flowsThrough → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Western Maryland → containsAdministrativeDivision → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Somerset County, Pennsylvania → borders → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Hoye Crest trail → locatedIn → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Tucker County, West Virginia → borders → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Preston County, West Virginia → borders → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Hoye Crest → locatedIn → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Youghiogheny River → flowsThrough → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Mineral County, West Virginia → hasBorderWith → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Circuit Court for Garrett County → countyServed → Garrett County ⓘ
linked to: Garrett County, Maryland
Circuit Court for Garrett County → jurisdiction → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Circuit Court for Garrett County → location → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Great Allegheny Passage → passesThrough → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Bloomington Dam → locatedIn → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Oakland, Maryland → locatedIn → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Oakland, Maryland → countySeatOf → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Oakland, Maryland → transportHubFor → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Diocese of Baltimore → territoryIncludes → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Savage River State Forest → locatedIn → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
New Germany State Park → locatedIn → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Maryland's 6th congressional district → locatedIn → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Deep Creek Lake → locatedIn → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Bloomington, Maryland → county → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Bloomington, Maryland → locatedIn → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Bloomington, Maryland → governingBody → Garrett County government ⓘ
linked to: Garrett County, Maryland
Savage River → locatedIn → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
U.S. Route 40 in Maryland → passesThrough → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Cranesville Swamp → locatedIn → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Interstate 68 → passesThrough → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Potomac-Garrett State Forest → locatedIn → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Wisp Resort → locatedIn → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Casselman River Bridge State Park → locatedIn → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Herrington Manor State Park → locatedIn → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Grant County, West Virginia → borders → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
subject linked to: Grant County
Youghiogheny River → flowsThrough → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
subject linked to: Yough River
Friendsville, Maryland → county → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Friendsville, Maryland → locatedIn → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Friendsville, Maryland → partOf → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Gorman, Maryland → county → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Gorman, Maryland → locatedIn → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Tucker County → borderedBy → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
US 219 → passesThrough → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Maryland Route 135 → locatedInCounty → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Maryland Route 39 → locatedIn → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ
Maryland Route 39 → countyServed → Garrett County, Maryland ⓘ