Crampton's Gap, also known as Crampton Gap, is a
wind gap
A wind gap (or air gap) is a gap through which a waterway once flowed that is now dry as a result of stream capture. A water gap is a similar feature, but one in which a waterway still flows. Water gaps and wind gaps often provide routes which ...
on
South Mountain in
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
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The gap connects
Burkittsville in the
Middletown Valley to the east with
Gapland and
Rohrersville in the
Pleasant Valley to the west.
Documentation of the earliest land tracts in the Crampton's Gap area and records related to the earliest road may be found in ''The Land Tracts of the Battlefield of South Mountain'' by Curtis L. Older.
[Older, Curtis L., The Land Tracts of the Battlefield of South Mountain, Heritage Books, Inc., ISBN 1-58549-066-0.]
The gap is the location of
Gathland State Park and was the site of the
Battle of Crampton's Gap on September 14, 1862, during the
Maryland Campaign of the
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states ...
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Wind gaps of the United States
Landforms of Frederick County, Maryland
Landforms of Washington County, Maryland
South Mountain Range (Maryland−Pennsylvania)
Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area
Valleys of Maryland