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Hanging Prairie Shale Barren Heritage Conservation Fund Site

Hanging Prairie Shale Barren Heritage Conservation Fund Site from directly overhead

Hanging Prairie Shale Barren Heritage Conservation Fund Site is a nature reserve in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 216 m. Dans Rock stands 883 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Richards CREP Easement, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 4.6 miles off.

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What to expect

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Maryland Park Service
Getting there

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Coordinates39.61578, -78.55430

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Oldtown Community Park: 5.8 mi
  • Glendale Area Park: 6.3 mi
  • Green Spring Park: 7.1 mi
  • Paw Paw Town Park: 8.2 mi
  • Constitution Park: 10.5 mi
Nature reserves: 21
Historic sites: 20
  • Masonry Overfall: 8.5 mi
  • Steam Pump: 9.7 mi
  • B'er Chayim Congregation: 11.2 mi
  • Thomas Cresap: 11.4 mi
  • National Road Monument: 11.4 mi
Museums: 19
  • The Irvin Allen/Michael Cresap Museum: 5.9 mi
  • Allegany Museum: 11.5 mi
  • Wills Creek Museum: 11.5 mi
  • C. William Gilchrist Gallery and Museum: 11.6 mi
  • Gordon-Roberts House museum: 11.7 mi
Springs: 6
  • Natural Spring: 15.0 mi
  • A natural spring at the Central Trail: 15.0 mi
  • Dawson Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Lord Fairfax Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Neglar Spring: 22.9 mi
Beaches: 5
  • River Beach: 15.2 mi
  • Public River Access, Fishing: 22.5 mi
  • Beach 1: 24.4 mi
  • Beach 3: 24.5 mi
  • Beach 2: 24.9 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Cliffs: 4
Attractions: 4
Rest areas: 2
  • Sideling Hill Rest Area Eastbound: 16.1 mi
  • Sideling Hill Rest Area Westbound: 16.2 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Morgan Arts Council: 17.5 mi
  • Art: 19.8 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 20.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Hanging Prairie Shale Barren Heritage Conservation Fund Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dans RockW 263°883 m18.4 mi
Wolf RockW 259°832 m19.7 mi
Martin HillN 2°808 m15.5 mi
High PointSE 137°789 m16.3 mi
Big Savage MountainNW 310°782 m19.2 mi
Loar HillW 272°771 m17.1 mi
Piney MountainWNW 283°738 m15.7 mi
Evitts MountainNW 324°710 m9.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5119:26
June solstice05:4820:0520:46
September equinox07:0218:3819:13
December solstice07:3216:1116:54

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313442546371767467554435
Precip in2.82.43.43.44.23.93.73.43.52.82.63.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cumberland 2, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/277937384

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