My medium-to-long posts on a variety of topics. You can browse my posts through the following categories:
Below are the latest 20 posts:
- Who OWNS Garrett County, MD?I’ve been working on some projects looking at large landowners in the County and decided to make it a full analysis of ownership types across the whole County. Below are the slides from the presentation and you can watch a narrated version on my Youtube channel
- Garrett County Gazette, March 2023View in browser Welcome to the current issue of the Garrett County Gazette. I’m Chris Nichols, your guide to helping you find out what’s going on, what’s coming up and interesting tidbits from the area. Let’s jump right in!Special Olympics of Maryland returns to Garrett County for Winter Games After nearly a decade, the Special OlympicsContinue reading “Garrett County Gazette, March 2023”
- Introducing the ULTIMATE Deep Creek Lake map!Hopefully, you’ve already seen my ULTIMATE Garrett County and DCL + 8 town wall maps, and my ULTIMATE Garrett County Adventure Map. By far, the most common requests are for maps specifically of Deep Creek Lake (you can get the DCL + 9 towns map and cut off the bottom, but who wants to defaceContinue reading “Introducing the ULTIMATE Deep Creek Lake map!”
- My trail wish listThe subject of trails has been in the local news lately. I decided to add my 2 cents worth to the discussion with a video of what new trails I’d like to see in Garrett County. You can download the slides here Watch the narrated version on my Youtube channel Or see all the slidesContinue reading “My trail wish list”
- Garrett County Gazette, February 2023*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Welcome to the December issue of the Garrett County Gazette. I’m Chris Nichols, your guide to helping you find out what’s going on, what’s coming up and interesting tidbits from the area. Let’s jump right in! Deep Creek Lake Lions celebrate 50 years of the Blind Skier program On the evening of Feb 7Continue reading “Garrett County Gazette, February 2023”
- Garrett County Gazette, January 2023*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser Welcome to the December issue of the Garrett County Gazette. I’m Chris Nichols, your guide to helping you find out what’s going on, what’s coming up and interesting tidbits from the area. Let’s jump right in! Affordable Housing Issue Gaining Attention As you’ll see in my real estateContinue reading “Garrett County Gazette, January 2023”
- 2022 Real Estate Sales Report for Garrett County, MDBelow is my Real Estate Sales Report for Garrett County, MD for 2022. I had prepared it as a presentation, so the images of each slide are shown below. You can watch a narrated version on Youtube You can download a pdf of the report here.
- Garrett County Gazette, December 2022*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser Welcome to the December issue of the Garrett County Gazette. I’m Chris Nichols, your guide to helping you find out what’s going on, what’s coming up and interesting tidbits from the area. Let’s jump right in! New non-profit to assist women with substance abuse disorders Reflection House isContinue reading “Garrett County Gazette, December 2022”
- Garrett County Gazette, October 2022*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser Welcome to the October issue of the Garrett County Gazette. I’m Chris Nichols, your guide to helping you find out what’s going on, what’s coming up and interesting tidbits from the area. Let’s jump right in! Crellin Elementary School Continues Trend of Excellence A recent Facebook post onContinue reading “Garrett County Gazette, October 2022”
- Garrett County Gazette, November 2022*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser Welcome to the November issue of the Garrett County Gazette. I’m Chris Nichols, your guide to helping you find out what’s going on, what’s coming up and interesting tidbits from the area. Let’s jump right in! Local extracurricular activities score big I say it a lot: “Garrett CountyContinue reading “Garrett County Gazette, November 2022”
- Fall Foliage Overlooks in Garrett CountyLooking for the best spots to check out the Autumn colors of Garrett County – here are my picks for great overlooks (and they are great the rest of the year, too!) Watch the video version Visit my online map Buy the Ultimate Adventure fold-up map Here are the points I mention in the videoContinue reading “Fall Foliage Overlooks in Garrett County”
- Garrett County: resistant to extreme weather since 300,000,000 BCHurricane Ian’s (Sept 2022) recent devastation of Florida (and other states) got me working on updating my extreme weather map of Garrett County and the region. I had created a map in 2014 that showed the tracks of major storms and tornados in the eastern half of the US. I was happy with how itContinue reading “Garrett County: resistant to extreme weather since 300,000,000 BC”
- Hiking the Shoreline of Deep Creek LakeJust how long is the shoreline of Deep Creek Lake? Most sources say 64 miles, but I’ve seen “authoritative” values of 69 and 74 miles as well (two different signs at the State Park – within visual distance of each other – claim the 64 and 69 mile distances). So, I decided to do theContinue reading “Hiking the Shoreline of Deep Creek Lake”
- How long have you had a place at Deep Creek Lake?When you talk to someone who has a place at Deep Creek Lake, one of the first things you’ll likely here is “We’ve had a house here since . . . ” People are proud – and rightfully so – of how long they have had property at Deep Creek Lake. In a virtual videoContinue reading “How long have you had a place at Deep Creek Lake?”
- Garrett County, MD: Pet ParadiseIt’s a great place to live or visit with your pet (especially your dog!) Dog parks Oakland Town Dog Park 27 Oakland Rosedale Road, Oakland, MD 21550https://oaklandmd.com/dog-park.html McHenry Community Park (operated by the Deep Creek Lake Lions Club)1249 Bumble Bee Rd Accident MD 21520https://deepcreeklions.org/service-programs/mchenry-community-park/ Pick up your dog waste! County and Municipal areas State parksContinue reading “Garrett County, MD: Pet Paradise”
- Garrett County in the times of Meshach BrowningDeep Creek (Lake) in the time of Meshach Browning “My mind cannot imagine a more beautiful sight than could be obtained from the highest grounds of the Hoop-Pole Ridge, which commanded a view of the valley between that and the great Back-Bone . . . It was a grand sight to watch the tall grass,Continue reading “Garrett County in the times of Meshach Browning”
- Deep Creek Lake, v4.0The current version of Deep Creek Lake isn’t the first, second or even third time a dam has been planned or built on or around Deep Creek. Almost as soon as permanent settlers lived around it, Deep Creek and the area around it have been of interest to those who wanted to capture and useContinue reading “Deep Creek Lake, v4.0”
- Garrett County Gazette, September 2022Welcome to the second issue of the Garrett County Gazette. I’m Chris Nichols, your guide to helping you find out what’s going on, what’s coming up and interesting tidbits from the area. Let’s jump right in!Garrett County’s 150th AnniversaryGarrett County was officially created in 1872 and our local government is celebrating the 150th Anniversary with a big,Continue reading “Garrett County Gazette, September 2022”
- Greetings from Narrows HillGreetings Neighbor! Hello, my name is Chris Nichols, your neighbor on Narrows Hill. I’m also a real estate agent with Taylor-Made Deep Creek Vacations and Sales and am ready and able to help you achieve your real estate goals. Just in case you’re not aware, Narrows Hill generally lies in the area “between the bridges” Continue reading “Greetings from Narrows Hill”
- Garrett County Gazette, August 2022View this email in your browserWelcome to the first edition of the Garrett County Gazette. I’m Chris Nichols, your guide to helping you find out what’s going on, what’s coming up and interesting tidbits from the area. Let’s jump right in!Deep Creek Lake Lions hosts Blind Camper ProgramThe Deep Creek Lake Lions Club hosted visually impairedContinue reading “Garrett County Gazette, August 2022”