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A.M. Powell Hatchery Fish Management Area

A.M. Powell Hatchery Fish Management Area from directly overhead

A.M. Powell Hatchery Fish Management Area is a nature reserve in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 156 m. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the northeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Doubs Mill Historic District, a park 1.2 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 3.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Fisheries Service

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.59029, -77.63879

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Doubs Mill Historic District: 1.2 mi
  • Ditto Farms Regional Park: 2.2 mi
  • Chewsville Park: 3.3 mi
  • Funkstown Community Park: 3.5 mi
  • Rose's Mill Park: 3.6 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Attractions: 44
  • Children's Village of Washington County: 3.3 mi
  • Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 5.7 mi
  • Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 5.7 mi
  • Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 5.7 mi
  • Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 5.8 mi
Museums: 40
Springs: 17
  • Annapolis Rock Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Raven Rock Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Spout Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Bootjack Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Browns Spring: 13.3 mi
Nature reserves: 14
Artworks: 12
Picnic sites: 6
  • Owens Creek Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
  • Founder's Plaza: 16.5 mi
  • Dargan Bend: 16.5 mi
  • Public Grills & Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 4.6 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 4.9 mi
  • I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 11.1 mi
  • Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 19.1 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Four Square Garden: 7.6 mi
  • 9-11 Memorial Garden: 18.1 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Beach Front: 12.4 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of A.M. Powell Hatchery Fish Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Quirauk MountainNE 42°654 m9.9 mi
Catoctin MountainENE 66°572 m10.0 mi
Salamander RockE 97°562 m8.1 mi
High RockNE 40°559 m9.5 mi
Black RockESE 118°549 m2.5 mi
Virginia RockNE 36°545 m15.6 mi
Annapolis RockSE 136°538 m3.1 mi
Lambs KnollS 176°536 m9.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4719:23
June solstice05:4420:0220:42
September equinox06:5918:3419:09
December solstice07:2816:0816:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313442536472767567554436
Precip in3.22.73.93.94.33.43.73.74.83.42.93.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hagerstown 1 E, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/278310058

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