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Encyclopedia > Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania

Blue Ridge Summit is a town in southeastern Pennsylvania, located at 39.72° North, 77.47° West. Blue Ridge Summit is in Franklin county, practically on the border of Pennsylvania and Maryland, southwest of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Its ZIP code is 17214, and its telephone area code is 717. Route 16 runs through it. State nickname: The Keystone State Other U.S. States Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Governor Ed Rendell Official languages None Area 119,283 km² (33rd)  - Land 116,074 km²  - Water 3,208 km² (2. ... State nickname: Old Line State; Free State Other U.S. States Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Governor Robert L. Ehrlich Official languages English Area 32,160 km² (42nd)  - Land 25,338 km²  - Water 6,968 km² (21%) Population (2000)  - Population 5,296,486 (19th)  - Density 165 /km² (5th) Admission into... Gettysburg is a borough located in Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA, of which it is the county seat. ... Mr. ... A telephone numbering plan is a system that allows subscribers to make and receive telephone calls across long distances. ...


Wallis Simpson is perhaps the most famous person to be born in Blue Ridge Summit. Bessiewallis Warfield (June 19, 1896–April 24, 1986), better known as Wallis Simpson and later as The Duchess of Windsor, was a mistress, and later wife, of the former King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom. ...


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Enjoy the luxury and serene Blue Ridge Summit mountain area of our all-season vacation house close to the Ski Liberty Mountain Resort (Pennsylvania) and Camp David (Maryland) and 20 minutes from Whitetail mountain (Pennsylvania), a turn of the century Victorian house in Cascade, Maryland on Rowland Hill.
Several restaurants, including a newly opened Blue Ridge Summit Lodge, (1 mile away in Pennsylvania) and The Carriage House in Emmitsburg, Maryland (9 miles away), and several restaurants in Frederick (20 minutes away) offer the finest menus in the area.
The Blue Ridge Summit mountain area has been, and still is, a common vacation area and get away of persons/families wanting a getaway from the Washington/Baltimore and other city areas Presidents since Dwight Eisenhower have vacationed near this house, at Camp David, and families have vacationed in the Blue Ridge Summit area for decades.
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