Now seems to be the perfect time for a visit to Deep creek Lake before every one finds the place and it becomes overrun It has been suggested that this is one of the counties quintessential rural lakeside retreats. Walmart, Lowes, Walgreens and Rite Aid are located on the main drag as is Pizza Hut and Taco Bell and hard to miss if that’s why you’re going there. The small-town feel is guanine but unfortunately if it weren’t for a good number of national chain stores and restaurants a trip there is questionable. The town of Oakland is the residential capital of the area is some 10 plus miles due south and not located on the lake. Fortunately, the parking is free but the whole show grinds to a screeching halt if inclement weather threatens as it did on our visit. The resort offers a few summertime activities mostly kid friendly family-oriented entertainment that will last you a good hour of your time at the most if you decide to visit. Wisp Ski resort is located adjacent like a half mile from the town of McHenry and If it weren’t for the few lakeside cottages at the lower end of the hill a chilly plunge could be your fate. The community caters to the mid-summer tourist trade with a easy going attitude in fact if it wasn’t for the god awful price I paid for three days rental of a pontoon boat I would have been shocked at the lack of decorum that surrounded the rental procedure of a two hundred thousand dollar watercraft, still friendly cheery and easy going. Oddly enough my limited search turned up a couple of pizzerias, 2 bakeries the same number of souvenir shops and not more than 2 dedicated ice cream shops and 2 arcades just be prepared to drive a good 10 miles to get to some of the outlets. If you’re renting like we did be sure to bring what staples you’ll require, lake prices especially for large families are high and grocery stores scarce. Instead of an army of speedboats and personal water craft they are replaced with paddleboards and kayaks that mimic the laid-back style of the area. The lake traffic is dominated by rental pontoon boats and gives DCL a family feel. There is plenty of room for everyone as a matter of fact the southern half of the lake is rural and, in many areas, feels deserted. The lake is cool, calm, clean and wide at it center with a number of tentacles stretching some sixty plus miles around and twelve miles in length. The spread-out Maryland mountain side lake has a great deal of room for everything so no one should feel like your neighbors are cramping your relaxing style. Instead, condominiums, commercial feeling boat rentals and newish looking chain businesses are grouped in sanitary looking properties scattered across the lakes northern end and its more densely populated half. Missing is that small town feel that many lakesides’ communities process and the mom-and-pop warmth that draws in visitors for lakeside vacationing. McHenry the host community to the lake by virtue of it being the only established town that sits directly on the lake’s northern end consists mainly of small to mid-size business that cater mostly to its seasonal inhabitants. Garrett that is the county of record for Deep Creek Lake and home to a small number of permanent residents by proportion to the number of tourists that flock here each summer. The lakeshore is occupied with every size property imaginable from one-of-a-kind estates to cookie cutter chalets from gated properties to cottages that look to be ready to fall head long into the water. Maryland’s largest fresh water lake is home to a selection of homes/cottages both owner occupied and rentals that plays host to a sizable population of vacationers from the Pittsburg, Baltimore DC area and further.
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