A Creek-Side Cottage in Rural Maryland
April 2008 Update: CEDAR CREST COTTAGE IS FOR SALE - $105,000.
Please contact us if you may be interested in this as a home, vacation home and/or investment

Cedar Crest Cottage is located in Washington County, Maryland, about seventy miles west of Washington and Baltimore. The cottage sits on Conococheague Heights, a steep rocky bank overlooking Conococheague Creek. The view includes Wilsons Bridge, a 175-year old, five-arch stone bridge that originally carried the National Pike over the Conococheague.

Cedar Crest Cottage was built about 1930, after the Conococheague Heights was subdivided for vacation cottages. the row of cottages, originally built for residents of Hagerstown, is within sight of U.S. 40. Most of the cottages are now permanently occupied as affordable housing. We have renovated and winterized Cedar Crest Cottage, so that the inside is now attractive and cozy, but we have left the original architectural features in place. In the kitchen, one of the cedar posts that support the cottage is visible, and bedrock impinges on the back of the base cabinets. The original outhouse still stands (now converted to storage). A wishing well at the parking area (with flowers, in season) disguises the cottages commercially supplied cistern. A long flight of steps leads down to the cottage and continues steeply down to Independence Road, which runs along the creek. The grounds are wooded and covered with ivy and rock outcroppings.


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Cedar Crest Cottage features:   

  • On the top floor: An inner bedroom with a queen-sized bed and an outer bedroom with two twin beds.
  • On the main floor: A living room with a stone fireplace for cozy winter evenings; a bath with a clawfoot tub and shower; and an enclosed heated porch, overlooking Conococheague Creek, which has a double sofa bed.
  • On the lower floor: A fully equipped kitchen and an enclosed porch that is the dining room.
  • Outside: A small deck overlooking Wilsons Bridge.

Children and pets are most welcome.

No smoking in the cottage please.

The immediate vicinity of the cottage features:

  • Historic Wilsons Bridge
  • Conococheague Creek - for viewing, strolling along, swimming, and fishing
  • Canoeing and cycling country
  • The Hagerstown Speedway

Within 15 minutes, you can reach:

Within half an hour, you can reach:

  • Antietam Battlefield
  • Berkeley Springs and Shepherdstown, West Virginia
  • The Appalachian Trail
  • Horseback riding
  • Bicycle rentals in Hancock for the Hancock/Ft. Frederick rail trail
  • Numerous other historic and scenic Washington County attractions

Note that the Hagerstown Speedway (a dirt track) is well within earshot of the cottage. Races are generally Saturday evenings for two or three hours beginning at 7 p.m., March through October. Tickets are $9.00, and children under 12 are admitted free. We will provide you with a schedule, so that you can attend or avoid races, as you prefer.

Cedar Crest Cottage is located at:
12527 Rockdale Road
Clear Spring, MD 21722


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