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| Barrelville (click on photos for enlargements) |
At Barrelville I headed north on Maryland Route 47 to the Mason-Dixon Line, with a vertical altitude gain of 200 feet. Just beyond the Line is the village of Wellersburg.
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| Mason-Dixon Line Marker |
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| Zion Community Church in Wellersburg. The Wellersburg Reformed and Lutheran Church was organized in 1803. The current church building was dedicated on June 5, 1857. |
The road—now Pennsylvania Route 160—climbs up the side of Big Savage Mountain 4.1 miles to the Shirley Hollow Road cutoff, just after the village of Pleasant Union.
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Village of Pleasant Union
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From here the Shirley Hollow Road drops 2.2 miles and 240 vertical feet to the bridge over Laurel Run, the small stream that flows right by the northern end of Big Savage Tunnel.
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| Shirley Hollow Road |
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| Laurel Run from the bridge |
From here it is .65 of a mile to a short lane that leads back onto the GAP north of the Big Savage Tunnel. From here I could have been in Meyersdale in 30 minutes. I would not have able to make it back the same day and did not have a hotel reservation, however, so I turned around at the Laurel Run bridge and went back to Frostburg. The detour is definitely doable, at least on electric bikes.
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Sign on Route 160 near the Shirley Hollow Road cutoff. From here the road drops 3.7 miles and 1282 vertical feet to Wellersburg. On the way back I coasted the whole way, not once turning the crank on my bike.
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| Back in Maryland |
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| Back in the Cool City |
