Identifier: routesratesforsu01balt (find matches)
Title: Routes and rates for summer towns
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
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Publisher: Baltimore
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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, as can be found anywhere. DeerPark can be reached by a drive of three miles, over a roadresembling the famous roads of Europe. In the vicinity ofthe park itself are many points of charming interest.Some three miles distant are the famous Boiling Springs, 238 BALTIMORE <& OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY Southward, seven miles, is Eagle Rock, from which fiveStates are visible as well as a broad outlook over the Poto-mac V^alley. Alleghauy Heights, a charming drive and aglorious mountain view, is only five miles distant. FortPendleton on the old National Pike, thence to Gormaniaand back to the park, is a days journey full of interest andpleasure. Monta Vista is another charming spot close by,and reached by a delightful drive. Swallow Falls andMuddy Falls, hid away in a dense pine forest, afford wild,picturesque scenery. Oakland, the county-seat, is only one and one-half miles dis-tant. A mile further on flows the BigYough, where excursion parties findbeautv in its banks covered with rocks
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ROUTES AND RATES FOR SUMMER TOURS. 339 and moss, hemlock and rhododendron. The scenery issi^perb. At Mountain Lake Park lost health is sure toreturn. Here also, is freedom, j)erfeet freedom, from hayfever and malaria. Mosquitoes and insect pests are rarelyknown. In these mountain heights and mineral ^vatersthere is to l)e found relief and healing for tlie thousandsof suffering humanity. The grand old forests of oak,planted by the Almighty himself, the delightfully shadywalks, the beautiful drives over splendid roads, the loftyheights to climb, the wonderful panorama of Gods handi-Avork, the invigorating climate, all combine to makeMountain Lake Park a desirable place foi- invalids andpleasure seekers. Added to its picturesque scenery, itsinvigorating, cool and diy climate, its sparkling spring andmineral waters, are the intellectual and religious feasts ofthe year, which are the pride and glory of this famousmountain resoit. The opening of the park takes phuH in early Junewith appropr

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