Trail users should take all necessary precautions to secure vehicles left at designated parking areas. Water source notations are not reliable in terms of volume or quality depending on local conditions. It preserves a strategic watershed in Garrett County. This mountain park contains some of Maryland's most breathtaking scenery. The Youghiogheny River flows along the park's borders, passing through shaded rocky gorges and creating rippling rapids.
Tall hemlocks dominate the silent woods.
The meandering trails through Swallow Falls guide hikers to some of the most breath-taking scenery in Western Maryland.