Fly fishing near Swanton, Maryland

The Savage River running over rocks through hardwood forest in Savage River State Forest
Photo credit

The Savage River from the Allegany Bridge, Savage River State Forest. Photo: Aneta Kaluzna, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

6 waters with a page lie within 25 miles of Swanton, Maryland, in a straight line; the nearest are North Branch Potomac River (5 mi), Savage River (6 mi) and North Branch Potomac River (6 mi).

More about Swanton

1 fly shop is in Swanton or within 15 miles, unclaimed unless marked on their page. The nearest destination hub is State College, Penns Creek & Spring Creek, 117 miles away.

Updated · Sources: USGS GNIS (town point)

6 waters near Swanton

About this

Straight-line miles from the town's point in the USGS Geographic Names Information System to the nearest mapped point or gauge on each water; the road is longer. Each page has the live flow where a gauge reports, the agency's rules and access map, and who guides it.

Within 25 miles, straight line

  1. North Branch Potomac RiverTailwater · 5 mi · Catch and release · live USGS flow
  2. Savage RiverTailwater · 6 mi · Trophy / quality trout water · live USGS flow
  3. North Branch Potomac RiverFreestone river · 6 mi · Catch and release · live USGS flow
  4. Youghiogheny RiverTailwater · 10 mi · Catch and release · live USGS flow
  5. Casselman RiverFreestone river · 18 mi · Delayed Harvest · live USGS flow
  6. Youghiogheny RiverFreestone river · 25 mi · Trophy / quality trout water · live USGS flow

Fly shops nearby

About this

Shops that name Swanton as their town or publish a location within 15 miles. Facts come from each shop's own website; listings are unclaimed unless their page says claimed.

Nearest destination hub

State College, Penns Creek & Spring Creek · 117 mi

Where this comes from

Sources

Town point: USGS Geographic Names Information System (town points) (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain), feature 591386, Garrett County. Water positions, gauges, designations and species: the sources listed on each water page. Guides and shops: their own websites, as listed on each page. Nothing here grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

Nothing here grants access. Check maps, signs and landowners.