Spring Gap, MD

Spring Gap is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. The 2010 census counted 55 residents. Spring Gap is located in the valley of the North Branch Potomac River along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at mile marker 173. Just west of the community is the National Park Service Spring Gap Recreation Area, which offers camping sites and a place to relax for hikers and bikers of the C&O towpath. That mix gives Spring Gap a clear local shape within Maryland, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present. The park is easy to access by car and provides canoe access to the river.