‘Round the Square: Where states converge
GEOGRAPHY: If you’re careful where you look, social media can teach you a lot.
There’s a Facebook page called Meanwhile in Pennsylvania that is mostly jokes that residents of PEE-AYY understand — like driving on a deserted road and then a deer is in front of you, from seemingly nowhere.
We learned about the geographical point where Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia all meet.
“It’s not down by Mount Morris or along the Potomac. It’s actually tucked away in a quiet, wooded spot near Friendsville, Md., where the Mason-Dixon Line meets the top edge of West Virginia’s panhandle,” the Facebook post reads.
“The spot itself is marked by old survey stones from the Mason-Dixon era, along with a few later markers, but this isn’t some big tourist attraction with giant signs and a parking lot. Getting there usually means taking rural back roads and then walking in a bit. Once you reach it, though, you can literally stand in all three states at once, which is a pretty neat little piece of geography hidden out in the woods.”
It is a specific, marked location where Fayette County, Pa., Preston County, W.Va., and Garrett County, Md., all converge.
The spot is marked with a stone monument, and the Boy Scouts added a marker in 1967. It’s tough to reach, and may include a hike to avoid trespassing. The West Virginia side is private property. From the Pennsylvania side, there’s a gravel road that leads to about ¾ of a mile away, with the rest involving a hike.
Folks on social media caution there’s not much to see other than the marker and the woods, but if you like to travel to where states converge — “I have one foot in Pennsylvania and another in Ohio!” — then this might be for you.


