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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. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
DIVIDED LOYALTIES ★ ★ ★ A U.S. Flag Goes South
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Coordinates39.57102, -76.98898

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

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: 58
  • 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
Historic sites: 54
Museums: 50
Nature reserves
Peaks: 40
  • 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: 29
  • Filbert/Diller Corner Garden: 16.0 mi
  • Kids Garden: 16.7 mi
  • Pollinator Garden: 16.7 mi
  • Adventure Nursery: 17.3 mi
  • John L. Clark Honors Garden: 18.7 mi
Attractions: 28
Picnic sites: 7
  • Cape Horn Picnic Grove: 7.6 mi
  • Timber Tent: 17.2 mi
  • Pecos Tent: 17.2 mi
  • Nordic Grove: 17.3 mi
  • Founder's Plaza: 20.8 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
Cliffs: 4
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 MountainWNW524 m24.0 mi
College MountainWNW520 m22.1 mi
Round TopWNW520 m23.0 mi
Carrick KnobWNW495 m22.3 mi
Wertenbaker HillWNW493 m24.6 mi
Cat RockW476 m24.7 mi
Derr HillWNW454 m23.7 mi
Chimney RockW432 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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