War Correspondents Memorial Arch
War Correspondents Memorial Arch is a historic site in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 281 m. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Gathland State Park Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Antietam Campaign Byway passes 4.2 miles off.
The story
The National War Correspondents Memorial, part of Gathland State Park, is a memorial dedicated to journalists who died in war. It is located at Crampton's Gap at South Mountain, near Burkittsville, Maryland, in the United States. Civil War correspondent George Alfred Townsend, or "Gath", built the arch in 1896, and it was dedicated October 16, 1896. It is claimed that the arch is the only monument in the world dedicated to journalists killed in combat. However, a tree in Arlington National Cemetery was also dedicated as a war correspondents' memorial in 1986.
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Dates from 1896-10-16.
Wikidata Q6979335, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 4.2 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 4.9 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 4.8 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 7.7 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- White Rocks · 3 mi
- Weverton Cliffs · 5 mi
- Georgians Overlook · 6 mi
- Stone Fort · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 1887 Barn ruins: 0.1 mi
- Munford's Brigade and Mahone's Brigade: 0.6 mi
- Memorial Plaque to the Provisional Army of the United States of America: 4.4 mi
- NC 13th Infantry Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Reno Monument: 4.6 mi
- Burkittsville Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
- Mount Briar Wetlands Reserve: 3.1 mi
- Chestnut Grove Park: 3.4 mi
- Othello Regional Park: 4.5 mi
- Wiles Branch Park Athletic Field: 4.9 mi
- Lambs Knoll: 3.0 mi
- Lambs Knoll: 3.0 mi
- Hawks Hill: 3.7 mi
- Red Hill: 4.6 mi
- Maryland Heights: 6.1 mi
- Lock 37: 5.3 mi
- Lock 31: 5.7 mi
- Antietam Creek Aqueduct: 5.7 mi
- Caboose: 6.5 mi
- Lock 30: 6.5 mi
- Gathland State Park Museum: 0.1 mi
- South Mountain Heritage Society: 1.0 mi
- Civil War Medical Museum: 6.3 mi
- Pry House Field Hospital Museum: 6.3 mi
- Boonsboro Museum of History: 7.1 mi
- Brownsville Pond Fish Management Area: 2.1 mi
- Lambs Knoll Fire Tower: 3.0 mi
- McClellan's Lookup Fire Tower: 4.5 mi
- Antietam National Battlefield: 4.6 mi
- Brunswick Pond Fish Management Area: 5.1 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 8.7 mi
- Spire: 12.0 mi
- WINDSWEPT: 12.1 mi
- Water Lily Swirl: 12.2 mi
- Water Lily Wave: 12.2 mi
- Bootjack Spring: 9.2 mi
- Annapolis Rock Spring: 10.6 mi
- Spout Spring: 10.6 mi
- Kanawha Spring: 11.0 mi
- Cooper Springs: 14.7 mi
- Dargan Bend: 6.1 mi
- Public Grills & Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Nolands Ferry: 13.7 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
- Four Square Garden: 9.3 mi
- Native Pollinator Meadow: 18.6 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 21.3 mi
- Poolesville Community Garden: 21.5 mi
- Demonstration Garden: 23.7 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 8.5 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 8.7 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 16.7 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 24.2 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 16.4 mi
- River Access: 22.3 mi
- River Access: 23.0 mi
- Beach Front: 24.0 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 5.7 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 18.0 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 8.8 mi
- Clermont Crag: 24.2 mi
- Harmony Grove: 13.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of War Correspondents Memorial Arch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quirauk Mountain | NNE 19° | 654 m | 21.2 mi |
| Catoctin Mountain | NNE 29° | 572 m | 19.1 mi |
| Salamander Rock | NE 34° | 562 m | 14.3 mi |
| High Rock | NNE 17° | 559 m | 20.9 mi |
| Black Rock | N 11° | 549 m | 11.8 mi |
| Annapolis Rock | NNE 12° | 538 m | 10.8 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | NNE 13° | 536 m | 3.0 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | NNE 13° | 536 m | 3.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:47 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 20:01 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 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 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Brunswick · 6 mi
- Middletown · 6 mi
- Boonsboro · 7 mi
- Sharpsburg · 7 mi
- Harpers Ferry · 8 mi
- Shepherdstown · 9 mi
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