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Myersville is
strategically located halfway between Frederick and Hagerstown,
with convenient access from Interstate 70 to the south and US
Route 40 to the north, yet nicely buffered from both by a mile
of local road. That outstanding location and beautiful, hilly
terrain combined to make the town an attractive location for
residential development during the last decades of the 20th
century.
The century started similarly for Myersville when the last
section of the Frederick-Hagerstown electric trolley line was
completed through Myersville in 1904, but that 29-mile scenic
railway was shut down in 1938.
Today, Myersville takes care to ensure by ordinance and
zoning control that its attractive location is matched by
attractive development. The Canada Hill development pictured
across these pages is an example. Three other developments built
in the 1990s—Ashley Hills, Meadowridge, and Terraces of South
Mountain—exemplify the same standards of appearance set by the
town.
Myersville has a vigorous public park policy to complement
the high environmental standards it encourages in the private
sector. Its five park areas range from the intimately scaled
Trolley Park in the center of town to the fully developed
Myersville Municipal Park with its playground equipment,
basketball and tennis courts, and baseball field. Grindstone
Park, about two miles west of town, is designed for family
picnics, with grassy swards, picnic tables, and a pavilion.
Doubs Meadow is scheduled to augment the recreational facilities
at the Municipal Park within the next few years, and the steep
slopes and wooded floodplain of Ashley Park along Catoctin Creek
will remain to be enjoyed in their natural state.
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