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Clermont Crag

Clermont Crag, seen from above at true elevation

Clermont Crag is a cliff in Pennsylvania, at a recorded elevation of 494 m. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the south-southwest, 3.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Browns Spring, a spring 0.3 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 7.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
494 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.73509, -77.48471

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Solit farm: 1.2 mi
  • Old Benjamin Tenis Courts: 1.2 mi
  • Old Banjamin Flagpoles: 1.2 mi
  • Pine Hill Recreation Area: 1.4 mi
  • Pen Mar Park: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Mason Dixon Line monument: 1.6 mi
  • Valley View Manor: 5.1 mi
  • Jacobs Church: 7.4 mi
  • St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta Statue: 7.8 mi
  • Monsignor Hugh J. Phillips: 7.8 mi
Museums: 47
  • Monterey Pass Battlefield Museum: 0.3 mi
  • Renfrew Farm & Museum: 4.0 mi
  • Frederick County Fire Museum: 8.6 mi
  • Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Visitor Center: 8.8 mi
  • Museum of the Iron Worker: 11.1 mi
Springs: 22
  • Browns Spring: 0.3 mi
  • Fountaindale Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Raven Rock Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Pearl Spring: 7.4 mi
  • Travelers Spring: 7.4 mi
Artworks: 19
  • 42 West: 5.2 mi
  • St. Francis: 7.7 mi
  • Fr. John Dubois: 7.9 mi
  • Penn State Mont Alto Nittany Lion Shrine: 8.0 mi
  • Saint Maria Goretti: 13.4 mi
Attractions: 18
  • Catoctin Furnace: 11.0 mi
  • Pumpkin Cannon: 11.5 mi
  • Sachs Covered Bridge: 11.9 mi
  • John Eisenhower Bridge: 12.3 mi
  • Children's Village of Washington County: 13.4 mi
Nature reserves: 10
Picnic sites: 6
  • Owens Creek Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
  • Founder's Plaza: 7.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
Gardens: 4
Rest areas: 4
  • Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 9.3 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 15.6 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 15.7 mi
  • I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Beach Front: 1.1 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Clermont Crag. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Quirauk MountainSSW 209°654 m3.1 mi
Snowy MountainN 356°637 m6.9 mi
Buzzard PeakN 7°593 m5.8 mi
The KnobNNE 15°573 m8.5 mi
Catoctin MountainS 171°572 m6.1 mi
Rocky MountainN 352°570 m8.8 mi
Pivot RockN 353°563 m8.9 mi
High RockSW 216°559 m3.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4320:0120:42
September equinox06:5818:3319:09
December solstice07:2816:0716:49

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313342546370747266564536
Precip in3.83.04.44.04.94.23.74.05.34.13.73.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Catoctin MTN Park, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357281290

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