Westernport, MD

Westernport is a small railroad town in Maryland's narrow western panhandle, about 15 miles north of Cumberland via US 220. The city sits in the Potomac River valley, surrounded by Appalachian foothills near the West Virginia border. Most visitors arrive via I-68 to Cumberland, then take US 220 north through scenic river valley terrain. The town's most notable landmark is its historic Western Maryland Railway Station, a reminder of its importance as a railroad junction in the region's coal-mining era.