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United Daughters of the Confederacy Monument

United Daughters of the Confederacy Monument from directly overhead

United Daughters of the Confederacy Monument is a historic site in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 87 m. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Maryland Monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Antietam Campaign Byway runs past it. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
19140709
Inscription
This boulder overlooks the Monocacy Battlefield and is in memory of the Southern soldiers who fell in the battle fought July 9, 1864 which resulted in a Confederate victory.
Visiting

What to expect

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Coordinates39.37644, -77.39704

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Monocacy National Battlefield - Best Farm: 0.3 mi
  • Monocacy River Park: 0.8 mi
  • Monocacy National Battlefield - Thomas Farm: 0.9 mi
  • Monocacy National Battlefield - Worthington Farm: 1.5 mi
  • Pinecliff Park: 1.6 mi
Peaks: 59
Artworks: 56
Attractions: 46
  • Best Secondary House: 0.4 mi
  • Best House: 0.4 mi
  • Best Stone Barn: 0.5 mi
  • Gambrill Mill: 0.8 mi
  • Gambrill House: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves: 45
  • Urbana Lake Fish Management Area: 6.2 mi
  • Fred Archibald Audubon Sanctuary: 6.3 mi
  • Middletown Watershed: 8.4 mi
  • Audrey Carroll Audubon Sanctuary: 10.7 mi
  • North Point Neighborhood Conservation Area: 10.8 mi
Museums: 42
Picnic sites: 12
  • Public Grills & Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
  • Nolands Ferry: 9.9 mi
  • Blue Sky Park: 12.0 mi
  • Chickadee Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
  • Pines Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
Gardens: 12
Springs: 8
Rest areas: 4
  • Truck Rest Area: 11.2 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 15.0 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 15.3 mi
  • Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 23.3 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Quirauk MountainNNW 344°654 m23.0 mi
Catoctin MountainN 349°572 m19.2 mi
Salamander RockNNW 341°562 m14.6 mi
High RockNNW 343°559 m23.0 mi
Black RockNW 322°549 m17.3 mi
Annapolis RockNW 320°538 m16.5 mi
Lambs KnollWNW 292°536 m13.2 mi
Lambs KnollWNW 292°536 m13.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:22
June solstice05:4420:0020:41
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2716:0816:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353846576674797770584739
Precip in2.62.93.73.64.04.33.92.95.83.32.74.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Frederick Police Brks, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/4201097982

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