Directions to The Meeting Place for the Savage Rez Eco Tours

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ONLY 20 Minutes from Deep Creek Lake!
Season May Through October

Savage Rez Meeting Place
DRY RUN BOAT LAUNCH
Intersection of Dry Run Road and Savage River Road

Approx 3 Hours From Washington DC & Baltimore

Directions from Deep Creek Lake
We meet at the Dry Run Boat Launch at the Savage River Reservoir. Regularly Scheduled trips start at 10:00AM. It is about 20 minutes from Deep Creek Lake. From Deep Creek Lake, turn off of Route 219 on the Glendale Road. This is the road to Deep Creek Lake State Park and it is 2/10 of a mile south of Garrett 8 Cinemas (at the light and almost across from Macdonalds). You can only turn one way on Glendale regardless of if you are coming north or south on 219.

Follow Glendale Rd over the Glendale Bridge and bear right staying on Glendale Rd. Follow Glendale until it ends and T's at Route 495 (about 5-6 miles). Turn left on 495 and go 6/10 of a mile to Dry Run Road. There is a sign for the Savage River Inn. Turn right (the only way you can go) on Dry Run Road and Follow Dry Run Road all the way to the bottom of the mountain where it ends at Savage River Road. Go across Savage River Road and through the chained link fence gate into the small dirt lane marked with a sign "Dry Run Boat Launch". DO NOT TURN on Savage River Road. If you are early and need to use the rest rooms turn left on Savage River Road, and follow for approx 2 miles to facilities on the right at Big Run State Park.

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Directions from Pittsburgh
Follow I-79 to I-68 in Morgantown WV. Take I-68 East towards Cumberland MD. Follow for 36 miles and Exit # 4 IN MARYLAND, the Friendsville Exit. Follow route 42 south towards Deep Creek Lake. In 7 miles 42 merges with Route 219. Follow 219 south towards Deep Creek Lake. Follow 219 over the lake and make the first right you come to at the light, Glendale Rd (MacDonalds on right). Turn left off 219 onto the Glendale Road. Follow Glendale Rd across the Glendale Bridge STAYING right and staying on Glendale Rd. Follow Glendale until it ends at Route 495, about 5 miles. Turn left on 495 and go 6/10 of a mile to Dry Run Road. There may be a sign for the Savage River Reservoir and a sign for the Savage River Inn and Log Cabins. Turn right (the only way you can go) on Dry Run Road and Follow Dry Run Road all the way to the bottom of the mountain where it ends at Savage River Road. Go across Savage River Road through the chained link fence gate into the small dirt lane marked with a sign "Dry Run Boat Launch".

DO NOT TURN on Savage River Road. If you are early and need to use the rest rooms turn left on Savage River Road, and follow for approx 2 miles to facilities on the right at Big Run State Park.

Directions from Baltimore and DC
Get on I-70 west from Baltimore or from Washington DC and I-270. Follow 70 west to Hagerstown and get on I-68 WEST towards Hancock and Cumberland MD. Follow I-68 to Exit #19 (Grantsville Exit) and follow Route 495 south towards Swanton. Follow for APPROX 11-12 miles. You will go past Rock Lodge Road on the right and the nin a few miles past the Western Maryland 4-H Education Center and Pleasant Valley Rercreation Center on your right. Stay on 495 up over hill (Meadow Mountain) and down again and go past the turm to the lower New Germany road on your left.

In approx 1-2 miles you will see a turn to Dry Run Road on your left, and a sign for Savage River Inn on your right. Turn left at Dry Run Road. (If you come to the Glendale Rd. you have missed the turn). Follow Dry Run Road all the way to the bottom of the mountain where it ends at Savage River Road. (Suggestion: Downshift coming down Dry Run Road or you may cause your breaks to smoke).

Go ACROSS Savage River Road and through gate into the parking lot of the Dry Run Boat Launch. Do not turn on Savage River Road. We meet here at the boat launch and depending on water levels we may be right there or farther down by the water. We may need to help you park to maximize the space in this small parking lot.

If you are early and need to use the rest rooms turn left on Savage River Road, and follow for approx 2 miles to facilities on the right at Big Run State Park.

To Make Reservations or for Verbal Directions Call Toll Free 1-800-446-7554 or local 301-746-4083