Maryland · Off-grid & homestead potential
Washington County is a marginal bolthole (51/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (40.9″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and real distance from any metro (57 mi).
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Washington County is a marginal bolthole (51/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (40.9″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and real distance from any metro (57 mi).
Land in Washington County runs about $8,668 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Washington County gets about 40.9" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 2.3% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 57 miles away, and population density is 340.4 people per square mile.