Mountainside at Deep Creek Lake - community profile

Mountainside memories will be yours forever in this lovely wooded lake access community at Deep Creek Lake. Spectacular views are afforded on many lots while others offer that tucked away privacy you are looking for. This exquisite neighborhood offers a great location plus on-site amenities including a lakeside clubhouse, tennis and basketball courts with pavilion, hiking trails and boat dock privileges. Make Mountainside your home away from home!


Special Features

Lake and mountain views.

Close to all lake activities, including Deep Creek Lake State Park & Wisp Ski & Golf Resort.

Lakeside clubhouse located next to one of Deep Creek Lake's best attractions- the Lakeside Creamery.

Common areas in the community featuring tennis courts, basketball courts, a covered pavilion, a mountaintop deck showcasing the views of Deep Creek Lake & surrounding mountains, and hiking trails.


Amenities

- Basketball Court
- Hiking Paths
- Lakeside Deck
- Mountain Views
- Pavilion
- Multiple Dockslips- Common
- Tennis Court
- Water Access
- Water Views




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Bedroom(s): 4
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Heating: Bottled Gas/Prop, 90% Forced Air
Cooling: Electric, Ceiling Fan(s)
Water: Well
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Easements delay Thayerville water project

Garrett County officials waiting on 33 property owners before work can begin

Elaine Blaisdell Cumberland Times-News

OAKLAND — The construction of the $8.3 million Thayerville Water Project by RK&K Engineers of Keyser, W.Va., is pending on 33 easements that are required from private property owners for the installation of a main water distribution system, according to Linda Lindsey, director of Garrett County Department of Public Utilities.

The county hopes to have all easements in hand by the the end of January and advertising for construction bids will soon follow.

“We are currently and have been working diligently on obtaining the easements for the system. As soon as we get all the easements we can move foward with construction,” said Lindsey during Tuesday’s county commission meeting. “If we see that we have the majority of them (easements) and don’t have any real conflicts indicated with people, we can go ahead and advertise for the construction bids.”

John Pucciano, secretary of the Mountainside Home Owners Association board, questioned what is holding up the project and noted that the project needs to move along as quickly as possible.

“This year, we have had two homeowners dig new wells. The longer this delays, the more homeowners will be spending extra money to dig new wells.”

Two things holding up the project are the design and easements, according to Lindsey. The design has been difficult because of the elevation and some of the legal documents make it hard to decipher who actually owns what property and roadway.

Once the project begins, it will consist of three construction contracts — a main distribution system; water storage tanks, booster stations and a water treatment plant; and another distribution system. The construction contracts are split into separate distribution systems because an issue with the proposed Glendale bike path arose. The final portion of the distribution system will be located on Glendale Road from Zeddock Miller Road to the Glendale bridge.

“We split the distribution system up so that we could go ahead and proceed with the main distribution and not hold it up for the Glendale Road bike path,” said Lindsey.

The project will include the construction of a 1,013,150-gallon tank; a 156,000-gallon tank; a water treatment plant; and 100 gallon per minute and 40 gpm water booster stations.

The project cost is based on a 20-year loan at 4 percent interest with property owner tax calculated at 23 cents per $100 of the property’s assessed valuation.

Design plans and specifications are complete for the first two construction contracts. The second portion of the construction project requires a Maryland Department of the Environment review and construction permit, which was issued Sept 14. The construction of the entire project will take 360 days.

The county has received some easements. The homeowners association donated the site for the plant, wells and the distribution system.

“We have the purchase rights of the two water storage tanks and the water booster station,” said Lindsey.

In 2005, the county commissioners received a petition from residents in Mountainside and Thayerville requesting public water service to the area. The water supply in those areas has a high iron content and the supply has either decreased or ceased in some wells, according to Lindsey.

“Arsenic has also been detected in some wells in the area, and a residential condominium development has been notified by public health officials that their supply is under the direct influence of surface water,” said Lindsey.

Between 2007 and 2008, the county developed two wells with good water quality and supply at the Marina Club, which is owned by Mountainside HOA. On Sept. 1, 2010, the MDE issued a water appropriation permit for the supply and withdrawal of 188,000 gallons of water per day from the marina.

In 2009, the county commissioners approved the Thayerville Water Project and in 2010 entered into an agreement with RK&K Engineering for the work.

The water project will service areas located along U.S. Route 219 in the vicinity of Thayerville beginning at Leo Friend Road and continuing south to approximately .6 mile from the intersection of Glendale Road and U.S. 219.

Contact Elaine Blaisdell at eblaisdell@times-news.com

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County Commissioners Hear Update Report From Public Utilities Director

May. 22, 2008
Table Rock Road residents are now connected to the Gorman Water System, Director Linda Lindsey, Garrett County Department of Public Utilities (DPU), told the county commissioners on Tuesday. The recently completed line extension project "went really well," she said.
The residents had been without water for several years because coal mining activity had affected their private wells. They had to rely on bottled water and portable water "buffaloes" supplied by Mettiki Coal.
Lindsey also updated the commissioners on several other water and sewer projects, including the following:
McHenry Water Extension
A contract was recently awarded to Robert D. Beitzel Excavating to extend the McHenry water line south along Deep Creek Drive, crossing Rt. 219 to Gravelly Run Road and a portion of that road. Lindsey noted that the completion date is June 19, but work will most likely be finished next week for this phase of the project.
"We're far ahead of the completion date," she said.
The next phase was to include construction of a chlorination station and connection of the existing well along Gravelly Run Road. But, Lindsey said, the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) will not issue a construction permit until the final well production report is completed and the appropriation permit obtained.
A change order, therefore, has been proposed to the Beitzel contract to extend the line along Gravelly Run to the connection for the Ridgeview Valley development. Lindsey noted that this change will accomplish two things: provide water service to the two dwellings in that development and allow roadwork, which has been held up because of the line project, to finally be completed.
Future contracts that still need to be bid out include those for the water treatment plant and water storage tank.
Mtn. Lake Park Water
Improvements
Lindsey also reported that steps to improve the Mtn. Lake Park Water System at Landon's Dam were proceeding well. She said Casselberry & Associates is currently completing a report on new wells that were drilled. Four of the six wells, she said, produce a total of 191 gallons per minute, or 275,000 gallons per day, of good quality water.
"Our current need right now is around 250,000 gallons," the director said.
Commissioner Fred Holliday asked if the springs that the system currently relies on will be eliminated once the new wells are connected to the treatment plant.
Lindsey indicated that her department wants to use some of the springs. Additional testing of spring number one (Tile Spring) is being conducted, she said.
"It appears that the spring will produce between 35 to 50 gallons per minute," Lindsay said.
She noted that Tile Spring, one of the first in the Mtn. Lake Park system, was built in the early 1900s in a unique way. The original plans for the spring were recently discovered and show that it was designed to correspond to the needs of the water storage tank.
"So, when the tank level drops, the spring production increases," she said. "As the tank level increases, the spring production decreases."
Casselberry recently lowered a camera down inside the spring to see its condition.
"It's as pristine as the day it was constructed," Lindsey said. "It's just remarkable."
She noted that if Tile Spring passes the GWUDI test (ground water under direct influence of surface water), the MDE will allow it to be used in conjunction with the new wells.
Holliday said that is good, because the wells alone will only provide about 25,000 gallons above the projected need. "And that's not much," he said.
Lindsay said Tile Spring would help provide an additional 50,000 to 72,000 gallons per day above the need. She added that spring number three is being evaluated in order to determine if it can be retrofitted and pass the GWUDI test for possible usage as well.
The director also reported that an in-line booster pump station manufacturer has been located. The device would provide a continuous water supply for the Southern Pines development, a portion of which experience outages when the water tank level drops. DPU is obtaining information on the station for the Purchasing Department to review.
Thayerville Water System
"A test well was drilled on property owned by Mountainside Developers, which did not produce," Lindsay said about the Thayerville Water System project. "A well was then drilled on the Mountainside Marina Club property, approximately 24 feet north of the original well."
She said yields at the second well exceeded 400 gallons per minute. Further tests will be conducted and data collected this month.
Once the hydrologist's report is completed, minor changes will be made to the Preliminary Engineering Report and a public hearing scheduled to present the report to the public for review and comment.
Lindsey noted that Mountainside residents are very anxious to have water.
Crellin Water
Improvements
Well number two will be connected to the Crellin Water System as an alternate supply, the director reported. DPU is proceeding with the design of an iron removal system and related improvement to the water treatment plant, she added.
Friendsville Sewer
The director reported that Friendsville sewer system experiences inflow and infiltration, which has limited the availability of additional connections.
"Currently only five ERUs are available for new connections," she said.
System improvements were designed by the EADS Group, and the project was bid in December 2005. Lindsey noted, however, that bids exceeded the town's affordability level.
After exploring various funding options, the project has been split into phases. Proposed funding sources for Phase 1 will be in the form of grants from the Appalachian Regional Commission, MDE, and the Community Development Block Grant program, Lindsey noted.
"Additional grant funding will be sought for Phase II, with the possibility of a small loan," she said.
Western Conveyance
System
The Garrett County Department of General Services is currently obtaining appraisals of the mainline easements that are still required to the Deep Creek Lake Sewer Western Conveyance System, Lindsay reported.
The director concluded her report by noting that a contract was awarded to Whitman, Requardt, and Associates (WRA) to update the county's Water and Sewer Master Plan. The chapters have been drafted and are being reviewed by DPU.
"Myself and David Nixson from WRA have met with the towns of Accident, Oakland, and Grantsville in order to review their systems' information," she said. "We will meet with Mtn. Lake Park and Loch Lynn Heights on Tuesday, May 27."

Commissioners Approve Water System Projects

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Apr. 7, 2011

The Garrett County commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved construction of the Thayerville Water System and improvements to the McHenry Water System. Public hearings on the projects were held last month at Garrett College.
The Thayerville project will provide water to Deep Creek Lake residents and businesses in the Mountainside and Thayerville areas. Garrett County Department of Public Utilities director Linda Lindsey said the project will cost $8.3 million.

The cost includes planning, design, rights of way purchases, water storage tanks, a booster station, and a water treatment plant. The ad valorem tax method will be used for the project's debt repayment.

"The water quality in that area is poor, and it will add fire protection for that area, especially for restaurants and other businesses," the director said about the new system.

She noted that two viable water sources have been found and will be developed for the new service area.

For several years, Mountainside property owners have experienced numerous private well failures and water quality problems. They petitioned the county in September 2005 to establish a public system.

The service area will include properties along Rt. 219 in the vicinity of Thayerville, beginning at the Rt. 219 bridge, south to Glendale Road, Glendale Road from Rt. 219 to the Glendale bridge, and south along Rt. 219 for approximately .6 mile from the intersection of Glendale Road and Rt. 219.

Lindsay said some land easements need to be purchased, and plans need to be finalized and put out for bids, but she hopes to have the project finished by next summer or early fall.

The director indicated that the McHenry improvements project can move forward immediately, as that system is already established. The $2.8 million project will include new waterlines, development of water sources, a water storage and water treatment plant along Gravelly Run Road, booster station controls along Pysell Road, rehabilitation of the Villages of Wisp storage tank, and Villages of Wisp treatment plant and well pump improvements.

The ad valorem tax method will also be used for the McHenry project's debt repayment.

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Kitzmiller Students Do Their Part To Sustain Butterflies

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by Mary Sincell McEwen
The children of the Kitzmiller Elementary School embarked on a unique quest on a bright and chilly day last month, loading onto buses and heading up the mountainside to an expanse of land where butterflies gather.

The area is the Woodhill Sanctuary, a 15-acre easement now designated as a Maryland Environmental Trust (MET) and the Allegany Highland Conservancy butterfly sanctuary. The area is a preserve for several rare, threatened, or endangered butterfly species, including the Baltimore checkerspot, the official insect of the state of Maryland, so named in 1973.

Vladamir Dupre sought the designation for the property, which was owned by him and his late wife Elizabeth for many years. Dupre said he was thrilled to be able to contribute to the preservation of the endangered butterflies.

"We consider it a privilege to be a part of the efforts of the Maryland Environmental Trust to maintain and manage natural habitats for the people of Maryland to enjoy and learn from," Dupre said.

In that vein, he invited the children of Kitzmiller up to the property and gave them a mission — to help seed the area with flowers to which the butterflies will be drawn, and which will provide for the insects a safe haven.

While once common throughout the state of Maryland, the Baltimore checkerspot, along with numerous other species, is losing ground annually. Butterfly specialists Richard Smith and Pat Durkin, both active butterfly researchers with the MET, guided the Kitzmiller students last month in their mission the at Woodhill Sanctuary. They explained to the children that this unique area was one of only eight locations where the state butterfly colonies now survive. In fact, Woodhill has the largest concentration of the butterfly in the state, and possibly in a multi-state region, Durkin said.

The butterflies require freshwater marsh habitats, with shallow waters and a variety of flowering plants. Expansion and development throughout the state have greatly damaged such areas.

"The marsh-like conditions these butterflies need can be destroyed in a second," Durkin said. "It doesn't take much to ruin their habitat."

She and Smith have researched the plight of Maryland butterflies for many years, both participating in the Maryland Rare and Endangered Butterfly Survey in 2002-2003. Their research led them to the mountainsides of Garrett County where undeveloped land helps to sustain the insects.

To help with that, the students were instructed to gather seed pods of all sorts of flowers, and put them in paper bags. The flowers to come from these seeds are vital to butterflies, who seek the nector to survive.

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Adventure Sports Center International To Host All-American Whitewater Fest.

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The Adventure Sports Center International will host the All-American Whitewater Festival to celebrate America’s veterans, and kick off the summer season of whitewater rafting and kayaking the weekend of May 28–30. Team River Runner athletes will be guests at the event. This is a wounded warrior organization that teaches injured veterans how to heal through whitewater boating.
The festival formally starts on Friday afternoon with Sunset Rafting beginning at 4 p.m. Team River Runner athletes will be on hand during whitewater time from 4 to 8 p.m. kayaking and getting ready for the Veteran’s Race to be held on Saturday. Visitors can meet the veterans and learn how they use whitewater paddling as part of their rehabilitation process, or just come to raft. The Community Day price is $25.

An opening ceremony will be held on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. featuring bag-pipes and the JROTC Color Guard. Veteran athletes will then lead the first ever Whitewater Parade at 11 a.m. The parade will also feature the Figurehead Contest, where homemade figureheads are attached to the bow of rafts and floated down the whitewater course during the parade.

Figureheads must be submitted no later than 9 a.m. that morning in order to allow time to affix them to a raft. Any person or group can build a figurehead to reflect any historic or famous person or creature, but it must be able to sit in the front of a raft or tied to the bow of the raft. Recommended materials are papier-mâché, fiberglass, wood, found materials, vinyl, or rubber. Prizes will be awarded to the most creative and patriotic figureheads.

The Veteran’s Race will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Rafts will be captained by Team River Runner athletes, and the public is invited to join a raft team for only $10 per entrant. A guided rafting trip down the mountainside will also be offered Whitewater demonstrations will be held all day Saturday, including Olympic kayaking and Mattress Surfing.

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Harvest Moon over Deep Creek Lake

After leaving the Wisp from the Pittsburgh Symphony Pops concert Friday night, I turned from Sang Run Road on to Garrett Highway and saw a HUGE orange moon, surrounded by clouds, staring right back at me. If anyone else saw it or got photos, I would love to see them! I had to try and find a spot to pull over to get some photos. I pulled over in front of Mountainside, at the scenic overlook and snapped a few shots. I have never claimed to be a professional photographer, but I was very pleased with a few of these shots. I tried every setting on my camera with mixed results, but I think you can make out the water and a few boats that were taking in the sight, as well. No photo could ever do it justice - it was incredibly huge in the sky and orangish-red in color. WOW!

DC Lions Give Sight-Challenged Students Adventure Of A Lifetime

Feb. 23, 2012

by Mary Sincell McEwen

Inspired by what they saw at a faraway ski slope more than three decades ago, two area men launched a program in 1976 that has grown into a much-anticipated, traditional event at the Wisp Resort. Bill Thoman, former mountain manager of Wisp, and Jay Kamineck, a former ski instructor, were skiing out West when they saw sighted volunteers assisting young people with vision challenges in skiing down a mountainside. They came back home and went to the Deep Creek Lions Club to make a pitch for a new service project. The Lions latched onto the idea immediately, and the local Blind Skier Program was born.

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Each year, students from the Maryland School for the Blind (MSB) in Baltimore work hard to earn the right to come to Garrett County. The adventure on the ski slopes is a reward for good behavior and excellent grades at the school, where about 124 students live full-time. If they perform well, they know they have the chance to travel to Garrett County and Wisp Resort for three days of fun.

While they are working toward that goal, members of the Deep Creek Lions Club and extended volunteers are also hard at it, too, planning for the year's excursions. Each winter, the Lions bring three groups of students to Wisp for two full days of skiing. Many area people get involved in the process, including high school students who are good skiers and who like to pitch in as guides.

Barbara Law, a teacher at both Northern and Southern high schools, coordinates the students each year. She taught chiefly at Northern for more than 20 years before moving to Southern, so the student "bold guides" have chiefly come from NHS in the past. She has worked hard to involve more students from Southern, and did get a few more this year. She hopes to continue that trend and have groups of volunteers from both county high schools.

Linda Buchanon, another local resident, has volunteered her time for 16 years to organize the adults who take part in the program.

Tom Wenzel, a Lion and a volunteer with the program since 1991, said Wisp Resort has always provided free lift tickets to the students as well as the volunteers who may not have their own passes.

"A lot of people don't know that Wisp does that each year," said Wenzel. "It's a huge help to the Lions to have that covered."

Buchanon added that Wisp also provides all the rental ski equipment free of charge.

"And the lift operators go out of their way to assist our children," Buchanon said. "Their cooperation is greatly appreciated."

While the folks in Garrett County are organizing and planning, the same is going on at the school. Scheduling begins in September, when the MSB staff sets the dates for the three excursions.

"The kids will come to me at the beginning of the school year, already asking about the trips," said Pam Schirmer, a recreation specialist at MSB. She has been with the program nearly from its inception. "The kids want this trip. They look forward to it all year, and work hard to be selected for it."

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Water runoff issues stall Garrett wind farm construction

Problems expected to be quickly resolved
Megan Miller
Cumberland Times-News

Cumberland — DEER PARK — Construction on Western Maryland’s first wind farm could resume within days, despite some residents’ protests, pending a green light from the Garrett Soil Conservation District and the Maryland Department of the Environment.

Twenty-eight wind turbines, measuring about 415 feet tall, are slated to go up along Garrett County’s Backbone Mountain, in an area south of Deer Park near Eagle Rock.

Work began March 16 on the project, owned by Baltimore-based Constellation Energy. Workers clearcut several acres of timber from the mountainside before MDE halted construction after one week, pointing to major issues related to water runoff, erosion and sediment.

MDE spokeswoman Dawn Stoltzfus said construction was halted because of “sediment-laden water” flowing from the site, which the project’s erosion and sediment controls could not adequately manage. She said the developer cannot proceed until an engineer revises the plans and they are approved by the Garrett Soil Conservation Office.

“The volume of the water on the site appears to be more than the controls they have in their current plan,” she said. “That’s why it’s really important to have an engineer work up a new plan, because sediment from stormwater runoff is a serious threat to water quality.”

Soltzfus said a second major problem related to an erosion and sediment control fence, called a “super silt fence,” that was not installed at the required depth of at least 8 inches below the ground’s surface.

Constellation is already working to correct the issues and move forward with construction. On Monday the developer’s revised plans reached the Garrett Soil Conservation District office. District Manager Shaun Sanders said his office hadn’t yet completed its formal review of the revised plans, but after preliminary review they looked “about 90 percent adequate.”

Sanders said some parts of the revised plan related to sediment control were returned to the developer for further changes, but he expects that Constellation will comply with the additional requests and that his office will complete its review of the plans within one or two days after the final version is submitted. Constellation has until April 5 to submit the final plan revisions.

Constellation spokesman Larry McDonnell said the developer has worked out a solution to the issues with input from all relevant agencies, including MDE, the Garrett Soil Conservation District and the Army Corps of Engineers.

“The issues appear to be resolved, if not today then hopefully by tomorrow,” McDonnell said.

McDonnell said he had few specifics on the plan revisions but said the silt fence will now be anchored by up to 12 inches of stone.

Soltzfus said MDE “may or may not” enforce penalties on Constellation for operating out of compliance with state regulations.

MDE halted the construction after receiving complaints from neighboring residents that Constellation’s erosion and sediment controls did not comply with state environmental law.

Eric Robison, who lives adjacent to the project and is the owner of a construction company, said he examined the site and the project permits and believed that the controls “weren’t even remotely correct.”

Robison and other nearby property owners also object to what they say was a complete lack of review of the project’s impact on environmentally sensitive areas.



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