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Muddy Creek Falls, Garrett County

contact: Dale Shelton (dshelton@mgs.md.gov)

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Photo by James Reger.

Muddy Creek Falls in Garrett County, is the state's highest free-falling waterfall. The height of the falls is listed by various sources as somewhere between 54 and 63 feet. Muddy Creek Falls has developed in the Pottsville formation, which consists mainly of cross-bedded sandstones and more easily eroded siltstones and shales. These rocks date to the Pennsylvanian Period and are about 300 million years old.

Muddy Creek Falls and nearby Swallow Falls are part of Swallow Falls State Park. This park is well known for its scenic and wild beauty.

For more information follow these links to Swallow Falls State Park, and MGS' FactSheet 9: Maryland's Five Highest Waterfalls and Mountains.

Compiled by the Maryland Geological Survey, 2300 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21218
This web page was prepared by Bob Conkwright, Division of Coastal and Estuarine Geology, Maryland Geological Survey.
Please send comments on this page to Dale Shelton (dshelton@mgs.md.gov)

Maryland Geological Survey is a part of the Resource Assessment Service
Maryland Department of Natural Resources, State of Maryland

Updated June 5, 2007

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