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Hagerstown Valley is located inMaryland in theUnited States. It is part of theGreat Appalachian Valley, which continues northward asCumberland Valley inPennsylvania, and southward asShenandoah Valley inWest Virginia andVirginia.
Hagerstown Valley is bounded on the east bySouth Mountain, part of theBlue Ridge Mountains. On the west the valley is bounded by theBear Pond Mountains — a range of mountains linkingBlue Mountain andNorth Mountain.
The valley is bounded on the south by thePotomac River and on the north by thedrainage divide betweenConococheague Creek, which flows south to the Potomac River, andConodoguinet Creek, which flows northeast to theSusquehanna River. Sometimes the boundary between Hagerstown Valley and Cumberland Valley is defined politically, as the state line between Maryland and Pennsylvania.
The political definition restricts Hagerstown Valley toWashington County, Maryland, while the larger definition includes part ofFranklin County, Pennsylvania as well. Sometimes Cumberland Valley is defined so as to include Hagerstown Valley entirely, extending south all the way to the Potomac River.
Antietam Creek flows through Hagerstown Valley to the Potomac River.Antietam National Battlefield is also in the valley, where theBattle of Antietam was fought during theAmerican Civil War.
The main cities areHagerstown, Maryland andWaynesboro, Pennsylvania. The water divide between Hagerstown and Cumberland valleys occurs near the city ofChambersburg, Pennsylvania.
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