Golf in Cumberland

Cumberland is Western Maryland's dominant city, compressed in the Potomac River gorge at a point where Maryland narrows to barely a mile wide between West Virginia and Pennsylvania. The C&O Canal Towpath ends here after its 184-mile run from Georgetown, and the Great Allegheny Passage trail begins its run to Pittsburgh: a convergence that has made Cumberland an important cycling and outdoor recreation destination. Cumberland Country Club serves the city's established private golf market in a community whose economy has transformed from coal, glass, and railroads to recreation and healthcare. The Allegheny mountains that surround Cumberland provide a dramatic setting: real terrain relief that flatland courses can only simulate.