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New Germany State Park
- Established
- 1930
- Acreage
- 508 · 508 acres adjacent to the 54,000-acre Savage River State Forest; established 1930 within lands MD acquired in 1929
- Location
- Garrett County, MD (~6 mi south of Grantsville, in the Savage River State Forest)
- Key features
- 13-acre New Germany Lake; CCC-built cabins, gazebo, bathhouse and dam; ~12 mi of hiking and cross-country skiing trails; site of MD's first ski resort
- Activities
- Swimming, fishing, paddling (rowboats/paddleboats; no gas motors), hiking, cabin rentals, cross-country skiing (~7 mi groomed)
- Notable
- Site of Maryland's first ski resort — a CCC-built ski slope and rope tow that operated here in the late 1930s and 1940s; named for the 19th-century German immigrant farming and logging community
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Source: dnr.maryland.gov · 2026-05-14