Eastalco
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Eastalco is a historic site in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 100 m. Catoctin Mountain stands 572 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Hill Park, a park 1.5 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 2.0 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Inscription
- former Eastalco aluminum smelter
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 2.0 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 4.2 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 6.0 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
Overlooks nearby
- Shock Rock · 4 mi
- Point of Rocks Overlook · 6 mi
- McCormack Overlook · 6 mi
- West View · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Green Hill Park: 1.5 mi
- Buckeystown Community Park: 3.0 mi
- Ballenger Creek Park: 3.6 mi
- Jefferson park: 3.9 mi
- Monocacy National Battlefield - Worthington Farm: 3.9 mi
- 10th Vermont Monument: 4.9 mi
- Pennsylvania Monument: 4.9 mi
- 14th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Monument: 5.0 mi
- Maryland Monument: 5.0 mi
- United Daughters of the Confederacy Monument: 5.0 mi
- Pine Rock: 3.4 mi
- Furnace Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Jigger Hill: 6.7 mi
- Ridge Hill: 7.2 mi
- Water Lily Swirl: 6.4 mi
- Water Lily Wave: 6.4 mi
- Spire: 6.4 mi
- Claire McCardell: 6.6 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 9.1 mi
- Urbana Lake Fish Management Area: 7.3 mi
- Brunswick Pond Fish Management Area: 7.5 mi
- Middletown Watershed: 9.4 mi
- Brownsville Pond Fish Management Area: 10.7 mi
- Ten Mile Creek Conservation Park: 10.8 mi
- Best Stone Barn: 4.6 mi
- Thomas House: 4.7 mi
- Best House: 4.7 mi
- Best Secondary House: 4.8 mi
- Lock 29: 5.0 mi
- National Museum of Civil War Medicine: 6.5 mi
- Museum of Frederick County History: 6.6 mi
- Schifferstadt Architectural Museum: 6.7 mi
- Children's Museum of Rose Hill Manor Park: 8.2 mi
- South Mountain Heritage Society: 9.4 mi
- Nolands Ferry: 5.8 mi
- Public Grills & Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
- Blue Sky Park: 13.0 mi
- Dargan Bend: 14.5 mi
- Chickadee Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
- Kanawha Spring: 5.3 mi
- Bootjack Spring: 9.7 mi
- Spout Spring: 11.0 mi
- Annapolis Rock Spring: 16.8 mi
- Cooper Springs: 18.0 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 11.2 mi
- Poolesville Community Garden: 13.2 mi
- Schwartz Peony Garden: 17.7 mi
- Native Pollinator Meadow: 18.4 mi
- Four Square Garden: 19.1 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 15.9 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 20.6 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 24.5 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 8.0 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.3 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 15.0 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 15.3 mi
- Harmony Grove: 9.2 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Eastalco. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catoctin Mountain | N 1° | 572 m | 21.8 mi |
| Salamander Rock | N 357° | 562 m | 16.8 mi |
| Annapolis Rock | NNW 337° | 538 m | 17.0 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | NW 314° | 536 m | 11.5 mi |
| Bob's Hill | N 2° | 535 m | 18.5 mi |
| Black Rock | N 359° | 526 m | 17.7 mi |
| Piney Mountain | N 7° | 524 m | 22.9 mi |
| Pine Knob | NNW 335° | 518 m | 15.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:00 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:08 | 16:51 |
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 | 35 | 38 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 5.8 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Frederick Police Brks, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/274920051
Day trips start here
- Frederick · 7 mi
- Brunswick · 8 mi
- Middletown · 8 mi
- Frederick County · 10 mi
- Harpers Ferry · 14 mi
- Germantown · 15 mi
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