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Cumberland Narrows

Allegheny MountainsLandforms of Allegany County, MarylandPlaces located in Cumberland, MD-WV-PAValleys of MarylandWater gaps of the United States
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The Cumberland Narrows (or simply The Narrows) is a water gap in western Maryland in the United States, just west of Cumberland. Wills Creek cuts through the central ridge of the Wills Mountain Anticline at a low elevation here between Wills Mountain to the north and Haystack Mountain to the south. Cliffs and talus of the two mountains' Tuscarora quartzite caprock are prominent within the Narrows. A prominent rocky outcropping at the south end of Wills Mountain in the Cumberland Narrows is known as Lover's Leap. The geological features of the Narrows provide Cumberland a western backdrop of the two mountains with a narrow gap between them.

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Cumberland Narrows
Great Allegheny Passage, Cumberland

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Great Allegheny Passage
21502 Cumberland
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