Allegany County, Maryland

Collier Mountain is a mountain in the Ridge and Valley region of the Appalachian Mountains, located in Allegany County, Maryland. The 1,457 feet (444 m) ridge is approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Cumberland. It runs 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast from the North Branch Potomac River near its confluence with Patterson Creek to Murley Branch south of Breakneck Hill.

Nicholas Mountain, or Irons Mountain, is located in Allegany County, Maryland, United States and extends northeasterly from the North Branch Potomac River for 6 miles (9.7 km) until 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southeast of Cumberland, Maryland. It reaches an elevation of 1,760 feet (540 m).

The Limestone Road Superfund Site is a Superfund site located in Cumberland, Maryland on land on both sides of Limestone Road. "The Site is located in the Valley and Ridge physiographic province of the Appalachian Highlands. The area is dominated by steeply dipping slopes and ravines and northeast/southwest trending ridges. Relief in the vicinity of the Site is approximately 1,100 feet, ranging in elevation from 590 feet above sea level at the North Branch of the Potomac River to 1,700 feet above sea level at the crest of Irons Mountain. The Site itself is located on the western slope of Irons Mountain. The elevations across the Site range from 660 feet above sea level to approximately 900 feet above sea level.".

The Tri-State Zoological Park was a 16-acre (6.5 ha) zoo located in Cumberland, Maryland, United States. The nonprofit zoo opened in 2003, and contains mainly exotic animals rescued or in need of homes, including lions, tigers, primates, various exotics, birds and reptiles. The zoo was privately owned by Bob Candy of Cumberland and has no paid employees, run only by volunteers.In February, 2020, four years after beginning a legal battle, PETA forcibly removed three big cats from Tri-State Zoological Park to a facility in Colorado.The zoo was not accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.On October 2, 2022, the zoo permanently closed its doors.

George Washington Carver High School was the high school for black children in Cumberland, Maryland prior to the integration of public schools in 1955.

Allegany College of Maryland (or ACM) is a public community college in Cumberland, Maryland. It was previously known as Allegany Community College. The college was founded in 1961 and is accredited by the Middle State Commission on Higher Education. The college offers 31 two-year degree programs, 30 certificate programs, and 10 letters of recognitions. The college also has campuses and extension sites in Cumberland, Maryland; Everett, Pennsylvania; Oakland, Maryland; Somerset, Pennsylvania; and LaVale, Maryland.

Evitts Creek is an unincorporated community located on the eastern outskirts of Cumberland, Maryland, United States along Maryland Route 51 (West Industrial Boulevard) and immediately east of the confluence of Evitts Creek and the North Branch Potomac River.

UPMC Western Maryland is a hospital and health system located in Cumberland, Maryland, in Allegany County. The facility, which opened on November 21, 2009, is part of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) system as of February 3, 2020. UPMC Western Maryland was originally established as a combination of Memorial Hospital (Cumberland) and Sacred Heart Hospital (Cumberland), both of which are now closed. It is sometimes confused with Western Maryland Hospital Center, a state-run rehabilitation hospital located in Hagerstown, Maryland.

Pleasant Grove is a census-designated place (CDP) in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 353.Pleasant Grove is located east of Cumberland along Maryland Route 144 (Baltimore Pike), the old alignment of U.S. Route 40. Interstate 68, the new highway alignment, also runs through the CDP, with access via Exit 47 at the western end of the community.

The Thomas B. Finan Center is an inpatient psychiatric hospital located in Cumberland, Maryland. It is owned and managed by the state of Maryland. The CEO is Lesa Diehl.This state psychiatric facility operates 88 beds.The Finan Center provides services to persons who are 18 years of age and older. The Center includes patients with criminal histories, non-criminals who have been involuntarily civilly committed and voluntary patients. The Finan Center is accredited by The Joint Commission. It provides mental health services for adults from Washington, Allegany, Garrett and Frederick counties. It opened in 1979 and is named for Thomas B. Finan, who was an Attorney General of Maryland.

Folck's Mill is a site containing the remains of a historic grist and saw complex located near Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. The stone foundation of the mill, measuring 30 feet by 40 feet, is the principal feature of the site. It is historically significant for its association with the August 1, 1864, Civil War "Battle of Folck's Mill." In that battle, Union troops commanded by General Benjamin F. Kelley engaged General John McCausland’s Confederate forces as they advanced along the Baltimore Pike towards Cumberland after having burned the town of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, two days previously.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

North Branch is an unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. The Western Maryland Railroad Right-of-Way, Milepost 126 to Milepost 160 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.