Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania

Blue Ridge Summit
Census-designated place
Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration
Blue Ridge Summit
Coordinates: 39°43′27″N 77°28′17″W / 39.72417°N 77.47139°W / 39.72417; -77.47139
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Franklin
Township	Washington
Area [1]
• 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 [2]	1,345 ft (410 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	887
• Density	1,208.45/sq mi (466.34/km2)
ZIP code	17214
Area code	717
FIPS code	42-07312

Blue Ridge Summit is an unincorporated community and census-designated place^[4] in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States, southwest of Gettysburg in the central part of the state, adjoining Pennsylvania's southern border with Maryland.^[2] It is less than 3 miles (5 km) east of Pen Mar, Maryland.^[5] The population of Blue Ridge Summit was 887 at the 2020 census.^[4]

The community was the birthplace of Wallis Simpson, the wife of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (previously King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom).^[6][7] It is also home to one of the 15 oldest golf courses in the United States. Built before 1885, the Monterey Country Club 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.