Trying to visit border monument between MD, PA and WV

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  • ToolAA

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    My wife and are are staying at Savage River lodge today and we wanted to just take a scenic drive around. We tried to go to the Border Monument between MD, PA and WV. From Grantsville the GPS routed us up rt 40 through PA then down 281 through Markleyaburg into WV and back east through a dirt road marked as Virginia Lane. We got to Virginia Lane on the WV side and were about 1/3mi from the marker location but there was a Posted No Trespassing sign along the VA lane.

    Some comments on Google Maps stated they couldn’t find it from VA lane because the road dead ended at private property. However others have seemed to find it ok.

    If anyone has been here before could you tell me which way to go?

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    outrider58

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    Couple more images to maybe get a better fix?

    (Trying to get more info for you...)
     

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    outrider58

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    Looks to be just off the power line ROW...

    Try to find that wheeler trail
     

    ToolAA

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    Here is the google street view from the WV side. The red circle is about where the no trespassing sign was posted. The monument seems to be about 2000ft past this spot.

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    On a funny note we saw a lot of Trump Pence signs and my wife said “It’s a good thing you have your gun thingy sticker on your car”. I said why do you think we might not be welcomed with a Biden Harris sticker? She said “Yuppppp”.
     

    outrider58

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    Check out Cranesville Swamp Natural Area while you are out there. Southernmost Arctic swamp in USA
     

    308Scout

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    Have you tried an approach from the east (MD/PA)? Road rides along the Power Line from that direction.
     

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    ToolAA

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    Have you tried an approach from the east (MD/PA)? Road rides along the Power Line from that direction.


    I saw that route after we got back but I had no cell or phone based GPS while is was sitting there on the WV side. Maybe tomorrow morning we can try again. Or Savage River Lodge is really nice we think we would come back again.
     

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