Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania
Blue Ridge Summit | |
|---|---|
Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration | |
| Coordinates: 39°43′32″N 77°28′08″W / 39.72556°N 77.46889°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Franklin |
| Township | Washington |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.73 sq mi (1.90 km2) |
| • Land | 0.73 sq mi (1.90 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,316 ft (401 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 887 |
| • Density | 1,208.45/sq mi (466.34/km2) |
| ZIP Code | 17214 |
| Area code | 717 |
| FIPS code | 42-07312 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2634207 |
Blue Ridge Summit is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States, southwest of Gettysburg in the central part of the state, adjoining Pennsylvania's southern border with Maryland. It is less than 3 miles (5 km) east of Pen Mar, Maryland. The population of Blue Ridge Summit was 887 at the 2020 census.
The community was the birthplace of Wallis Simpson, the wife of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (previously King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom). It is also home to the Monterey Country Club which has served as a summer retreat for many Washingtonians, and American presidents Woodrow Wilson, Calvin Coolidge and Dwight D. Eisenhower all played the Monterey Country Club course.