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Divided Loyalties

Divided Loyalties from directly overhead

Divided Loyalties is a historic site in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 234 m. Piney Mountain stands 524 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Army of the Potomac, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Old Main Streets runs past it. 41 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
DIVIDED LOYALTIES ★ ★ ★ A U.S. Flag Goes South
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.57102, -76.98898

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Westminster City Park Playground & Fields: 0.2 mi
  • Westminster Skateboard Park: 0.4 mi
  • Belle Grove Square Park: 0.6 mi
  • King Park: 0.7 mi
  • Landon C. Burns Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks
  • Wild Imaginings: 0.4 mi
  • The Luna Moth Project: 5.3 mi
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus Statue: 17.3 mi
  • The Last Samurai: 17.9 mi
  • Maryland in Blue and Gray: 17.9 mi
Nature reserves
Museums: 50
Peaks: 41
  • The Bunker: 9.6 mi
  • Carroll County Highpoint: 10.4 mi
  • Dover Hill: 11.0 mi
  • Beecher Hill: 13.3 mi
  • Spook Hill: 15.1 mi
Gardens: 36
  • Filbert/Diller Corner Garden: 16.0 mi
  • Kids Garden: 16.7 mi
  • Pollinator Garden: 16.7 mi
  • Community Garden: 16.9 mi
  • Adventure Nursery: 17.3 mi
Attractions: 29
Picnic sites: 9
  • Cape Horn Picnic Grove: 7.6 mi
  • Timber Tent: 17.2 mi
  • Pecos Tent: 17.2 mi
  • Nordic Grove: 17.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Setters Formation: 18.5 mi
  • \: 19.1 mi
  • Friction Wall: 23.7 mi
  • Quarry (former): 23.8 mi
  • Quarry (former): 23.9 mi
Springs: 5
  • Koontz Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Spangler's Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Menchey’s Spring: 21.4 mi
  • Katelysine Spring: 23.3 mi
  • Fountaindale Spring: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Truck Rest Area: 17.8 mi
  • Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 19.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • McKeldin Falls: 16.1 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Divided Loyalties. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Piney MountainWNW 285°524 m24.0 mi
College MountainWNW 292°520 m22.1 mi
Round TopWNW 290°520 m23.0 mi
Carrick KnobWNW 292°495 m22.3 mi
Wertenbaker HillWNW 290°493 m24.6 mi
Cat RockW 277°476 m24.7 mi
Derr HillWNW 292°454 m23.7 mi
Chimney RockW 280°432 m24.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

The recorded facing catches the sunrise.

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4119:5920:40
September equinox06:5618:3119:07
December solstice07:2616:0516:48

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516170757366544435
Precip in3.02.63.73.73.93.74.33.94.83.93.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hanover 4 SW, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13651152660

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