Mansfield Monument
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Mansfield Monument is a historic site in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 153 m. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Mansfield Mortally Wounded Here, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 0.5 miles off.
The story
Park in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q49521309, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 153 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 0.8 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 5.0 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 5.1 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Georgians Overlook · 2 mi
- White Rocks · 6 mi
- Stone Fort · 10 mi
- Maryland Heights Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mansfield Mortally Wounded Here: 0.0 mi
- 12th PA Cavalry: 0.1 mi
- 1st New Jersey Brigade: 0.2 mi
- 1st MD Light Artillery Battery B: 0.2 mi
- 27th IN: 0.2 mi
- Washington County Agricultural Education Center: 2.1 mi
- Taylor Park: 2.5 mi
- Devil’s Backbone Park: 4.2 mi
- Mount Briar Wetlands Reserve: 4.5 mi
- James Rumsey Park: 4.7 mi
- Nicodemus Heights: 0.9 mi
- Hauser Ridge: 1.0 mi
- Red Hill: 3.0 mi
- Ferry Hill: 4.3 mi
- Devils Backbone: 4.9 mi
- Antietam National Battlefield Visitors Center: 0.6 mi
- Pry House Field Hospital Museum: 1.6 mi
- Civil War Medical Museum: 1.6 mi
- Washington County Rural Heritage Museum: 2.2 mi
- Hagerstown Model Railroad Museum at Antietam Station: 2.6 mi
- Lock 40: 2.0 mi
- Lock 39: 3.4 mi
- Lock 38 Path: 4.5 mi
- Antietam Creek Aqueduct: 4.6 mi
- Little House: 4.9 mi
- McClellan's Lookup Fire Tower: 3.2 mi
- Yankauer Nature Preserve: 5.9 mi
- Lambs Knoll Fire Tower: 6.6 mi
- Antietam National Battlefield: 6.7 mi
- Brownsville Pond Fish Management Area: 8.2 mi
- Annapolis Rock Spring: 9.2 mi
- Bootjack Spring: 13.4 mi
- Spout Spring: 14.3 mi
- Raven Rock Spring: 17.4 mi
- Cooper Springs: 18.2 mi
- Saint Maria Goretti: 13.1 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 13.2 mi
- Spire: 18.1 mi
- Water Lily Swirl: 18.3 mi
- Water Lily Wave: 18.3 mi
- Dargan Bend: 8.2 mi
- Public Grills & Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
- Nolands Ferry: 21.3 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 19.3 mi
- Beach Front: 21.6 mi
- River Access: 24.8 mi
- Four Square Garden: 2.1 mi
- Native Pollinator Meadow: 23.6 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 2.4 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 17.7 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 8.0 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 9.1 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 14.0 mi
- Clermont Crag: 22.1 mi
- Harmony Grove: 18.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Mansfield Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quirauk Mountain | NE 40° | 654 m | 19.1 mi |
| Hearthstone Mountain | NW 322° | 616 m | 20.0 mi |
| Catoctin Mountain | NE 52° | 572 m | 18.6 mi |
| Salamander Rock | ENE 65° | 562 m | 15.0 mi |
| High Rock | NE 39° | 559 m | 18.7 mi |
| Black Rock | NE 51° | 549 m | 9.9 mi |
| Annapolis Rock | NE 56° | 538 m | 9.2 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | ESE 111° | 536 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:09 | 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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sharpsburg 5 S, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358239285
Day trips start here
- Sharpsburg · 2 mi
- Boonsboro · 5 mi
- Shepherdstown · 5 mi
- Washington County · 9 mi
- Hagerstown · 11 mi
- Harpers Ferry · 11 mi
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