Artwork · Maryland
Our Lady of Fatima
Our Lady of Fatima is an artwork in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 162 m. Lambs Knoll stands 536 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Dickerson Local Park, a park 2.2 miles away. Antietam Campaign Byway runs past it. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
How to reach it
Coordinates39.22095, -77.38072
- On the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 1.7 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 8.1 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 12.2 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
Overlooks nearby
- East View · 3 mi
- Potomac Overlook · 3 mi
- West View · 3 mi
- McCormack Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Dickerson Local Park: 2.2 mi
- Dickerson Recreation Center: 2.2 mi
- Monocacy Natural Resources Area: 2.9 mi
- Behrend Park: 4.4 mi
- Jaeger Overlook Park: 4.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Ten Mile Creek Conservation Park: 2.8 mi
- Bucklodge Branch Stream Valley Park: 3.7 mi
- Boyds Local Park: 4.5 mi
- Cabin Branch Stream Valley Park: 4.7 mi
- Urbana Lake Fish Management Area: 5.6 mi
Attractions
- Monocacy Aqueduct: 3.8 mi
- Lock 27: 4.1 mi
- Lock 26: Wood's Lock: 5.3 mi
- Lock 25: 9.5 mi
- Thomas House: 9.5 mi
Historic sites
- Earl's Picnic Spot: 5.9 mi
- Norwood Tobacco Barn: 6.4 mi
- Beall Homestead: 7.1 mi
- Clopper Mill Ruins: 8.2 mi
- Clopper Mill Ruins: 8.2 mi
Artworks
- Historic Cupola: 8.6 mi
- Historic Cupola: 8.6 mi
- Historic Cupola: 8.6 mi
- Confederate Soldier Statue: 8.7 mi
- A Circle of Acanthus Leaf Chairs: 10.3 mi
Gardens: 59
- Poolesville Community Garden: 5.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 7.1 mi
- Schwartz Peony Garden: 8.9 mi
- Community Garden: 11.5 mi
- Vermont Maple Garden: 13.7 mi
Museums: 54
- Mooseum: 6.2 mi
- Damascus Heritage Museum: 10.7 mi
- Fire Museum: 11.3 mi
- Gaithersburg Community Museum: 11.5 mi
- Winmill Carriage Museum: 11.6 mi
Peaks: 44
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Black Hill: 5.0 mi
- Furnace Mountain: 9.7 mi
- Bald Mountain: 10.1 mi
- Pine Rock: 10.4 mi
Picnic sites: 25
- Nolands Ferry: 5.7 mi
- Blue Sky Park: 6.5 mi
- Chickadee Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
- Pines Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Quail Ridge: 8.8 mi
Springs: 9
- Kanawha Spring: 8.7 mi
- Bootjack Spring: 18.4 mi
- Spout Spring: 19.4 mi
- Sandy Spring: 20.1 mi
- Cooper Springs: 21.2 mi
Waterfalls: 5
- Great Falls: 16.9 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 18.4 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 19.9 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 20.1 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Truck Rest Area: 14.3 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 24.1 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 24.4 mi
Cliffs: 3
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 15.8 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 15.8 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 16.6 mi
Beaches: 3
- Sycamore Beach: 18.1 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 18.2 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Harmony Grove: 16.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Our Lady of Fatima. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lambs Knoll | NW 320° | 536 m | 20.5 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | NW 320° | 536 m | 20.5 mi |
| High Knob | NNW 340° | 472 m | 17.8 mi |
| Monument Knob | NNW 326° | 468 m | 23.3 mi |
| Neersville | W 273° | 467 m | 20.9 mi |
| Maryland Heights | WNW 295° | 444 m | 19.8 mi |
| Short Hill Mountain | W 281° | 441 m | 17.8 mi |
| Miller Hill | NNW 340° | 416 m | 21.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:46 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:00 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:08 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 34 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Damascus 3 SSW, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12527049462
Day trips start here
- Germantown · 7 mi
- Gaithersburg · 10 mi
- Montgomery County · 11 mi
- Leesburg · 12 mi
- Frederick · 13 mi
- Ashburn · 14 mi
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