Cumberland Valley

Cumberland Valley
The Great Appalachian Valley includes the Cumberland Valley (7) depicted southeast of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians and between the Lebanon (8) and Shenandoah (9) valleys.
Cumberland Valley
Location	Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Franklin County, Pennsylvania Washington County, Maryland
Floor elevation	600 ft (180 m)
Long-axis direction	northeast-southwest
Long-axis length	73 miles (117 km)
Width	12 miles (19 km)
Geography
Bounded by	Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians (west/north) South Mountain (east/south) Susquehanna River (east) Potomac River (south)
Coordinates	39°56′N 77°43′W / 39.93°N 77.72°W / 39.93; -77.72Coordinates: 39°56′N 77°43′W / 39.93°N 77.72°W / 39.93; -77.72
Population centers	In Pennsylvania: Harrisburg, Carlisle, Mechanicsburg, Shippensburg, Chambersburg, Greencastle, Waynesboro In Maryland: Hagerstown

The Cumberland Valley is a northern constituent valley of the Great Appalachian Valley, within the Atlantic Seaboard watershed in Pennsylvania and Maryland. The Appalachian Trail crosses through the valley.

Geography

The valley is bound to the west and north by the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians (Bear Pond Mountains/Blue Mountain), to the east and south by South Mountain, to the northeast by the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, and to the south by the Potomac River. The portion of the valley residing in Maryland is sometimes referred to as the Hagerstown Valley.

The Cumberland Valley Railroad, the Cumberland Valley AVA wine region, and the Cumberland Valley School District are named for the region.^[1]

Settlements

Cities in the Cumberland Valley include Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,^[2] and Hagerstown, Maryland. Pennsylvania boroughs include Camp Hill, Mechanicsburg, Carlisle, Shippensburg, Chambersburg, Waynesboro, and Greencastle.

See also

• Great Appalachian Valley

Aerial view of a portion of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians forming the northern edge of the Cumberland Valley. Named features in image include Flat Rock, Mount Dempsey, Bloserville, and Bowers Mountain.

References

• Stewart, Harriet Wylie (1918). "History of the Cumberland Valley, Pennsylvania". 

External links

• Cumberland Valley blog
• History of the Cumberland Valley, Pennsylvania

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