Located in the beautiful mountains of western Maryland is Deep Creek Lake, Maryland's largest fresh water lake. Deep Creek Lake offers a wide variety of indoor and outdoor recreational activities. Deep Creek Lake, in the mountains of Western Maryland in Garrett County, offers recreation and relaxation year-round. Surrounded by the beauty of 74,000 acres of state forests, Deep Creek Lake has something for everyone. From hunting to miniature golf to championship golf courses to numerous fine gift shops and restaurants to five state parks including Swallow Falls State Park with its natural trails and Muddy Creek Falls, which is Maryland's largest waterfall.