Discovery Station
Discovery Station is a museum in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 167 m. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is University Plaza, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland runs past it.
The story
Discovery Station, is a hands-on, family-friendly museum originally located in downtown Hagerstown, Maryland, United States that opened to the public in 2005. In the fall of 2025, the museum moved to Cascade, Maryland. The museum's focus is to create an environment that stimulates curiosity for discovery, exploration, and further investigation through exhibits and programs that focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) principles. The museum is a member of the Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC), the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), and the NASA Museum Alliance. Until August 2025, the museum was located in a historic bank building across from the Washington County Courthouse. The original bank housed the Federal Depository during the Civil War. Visitors can enter the main vault and examine its mammoth leaded glass door and mechanisms. With its white marble exterior and soaring palladium windows, the building is one of the most architecturally significant in downtown Hagerstown. Discovery Station is visited by thousands of visitors each year and is especially popular with children. The Museum was visited by 25,380 visitor in 2019
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Dates from 1996-07-05.
Wikidata Q5281972, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- On the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 5.9 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 10.2 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 15.4 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Georgians Overlook · 13 mi
- White Rocks · 14 mi
- Chimney Rock · 15 mi
- Middletown Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- University Plaza: 0.1 mi
- South Prospect Street Historic District: 0.2 mi
- Greenawalt Park: 0.4 mi
- Bloom Park: 0.5 mi
- City Park: 0.5 mi
- Doubleday Hill Monument: 6.2 mi
- Jacobs Church: 7.6 mi
- Black Rock Hotel: 8.5 mi
- World War 1: 10.7 mi
- 12th PA Cavalry: 11.0 mi
- Devils Backbone: 6.7 mi
- Black Rock: 8.3 mi
- Short Hill: 8.8 mi
- Annapolis Rock: 8.8 mi
- Pine Knob: 9.7 mi
- Jonathan Hager House and Museum: 0.4 mi
- Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum: 0.6 mi
- Washington County Museum of Fine Arts: 0.6 mi
- Mansion House Art Center: 0.8 mi
- Railroad Museum: 0.9 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 0.1 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 0.1 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 0.4 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 0.5 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 0.5 mi
- Annapolis Rock Spring: 9.0 mi
- Tayamentasachta Spring: 9.4 mi
- Moss Spring: 10.3 mi
- Raven Rock Spring: 10.7 mi
- Oak Spring: 10.9 mi
- A.M. Powell Hatchery Fish Management Area: 5.8 mi
- Sweeney, Carl and Rebecca Conservation: 6.2 mi
- Conservation Easement East of Indian Springs Wildlife Management Area: 11.6 mi
- Yankauer Nature Preserve: 12.1 mi
- Boyd Mountain Pond Heritage Conservation Fund Site: 12.7 mi
- Saint Maria Goretti: 2.1 mi
- 42 West: 10.9 mi
- Penn State Mont Alto Nittany Lion Shrine: 16.7 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 17.4 mi
- St. Francis: 19.7 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
- Dargan Bend: 19.3 mi
- Founder's Plaza: 19.9 mi
- Public Grills & Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 7.7 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 10.1 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 10.4 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 22.2 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 13.4 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 13.4 mi
- Jarrett Falls: 24.7 mi
- Clermont Crag: 14.2 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 18.5 mi
- The Lockings: 19.9 mi
- Four Square Garden: 9.0 mi
- 9-11 Memorial Garden: 16.8 mi
- Tartown: 18.8 mi
- Harmony Grove: 21.7 mi
- Beach Front: 13.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Discovery Station. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quirauk Mountain | ENE 72° | 654 m | 11.8 mi |
| Cross Mountain | WNW 293° | 627 m | 15.5 mi |
| Hearthstone Mountain | WNW 290° | 616 m | 14.1 mi |
| Catoctin Mountain | E 88° | 572 m | 13.7 mi |
| Salamander Rock | ESE 110° | 562 m | 13.3 mi |
| High Rock | ENE 71° | 559 m | 11.3 mi |
| Black Rock | SE 126° | 549 m | 8.3 mi |
| Virginia Rock | ENE 57° | 545 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:02 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 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 | 42 | 53 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hagerstown 1 E, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/164657158
Day trips start here
- Hagerstown · 0 mi
- Washington County · 6 mi
- Boonsboro · 10 mi
- Sharpsburg · 13 mi
- Catoctin Mountain Park · 14 mi
- Shepherdstown · 15 mi
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