| Spring Gap, Maryland | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Maryland#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Spring Gap |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the State of Maryland |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Allegany |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.68 |
| Area Land Km2: | 1.68 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.65 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.65 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 52 |
| Population Density Km2: | 31.04 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 80.37 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 696 |
| Coordinates: | 39.5653°N -78.7053°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Postal Code: | 21560 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 24-74350 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2583690 |
Spring Gap is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 55.[2]
left|thumb|Potomac River at the Spring Gap recreational area Spring Gap is located in the valley of the North Branch Potomac River along the Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Canal at mile marker 173. Just west of the community is the National Park Service Spring Gap Recreation Area, which offers camping sites and a place to relax for hikers and bikers of the C&O towpath. The park is easy to access by car and provides canoe access to the river. The Spring Gap Recreation Area is a popular location to pick up, drop off, or park when hiking or biking the C&O canal towpath to or from Cumberland, upriver.[3]
Some of the best fishing in the Potomac River is in the section from Spring Gap to Hancock.[4]
Maryland Route 51 runs through Spring Gap, leading northwest to Cumberland and east to Oldtown, and Paw Paw, West Virginia. The mainline CSX railroad runs up the Potomac valley across the river from Spring Gap in West Virginia.