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Hanging Prairie Shale Barren Heritage Conservation Fund Site

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Elevation, modelled
216 m
Tallest summit within 19.7 miles
Dans Rock883 m · 18.4 mi
Nearest byway
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway4.6 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
20:46local time
Coordinates
39.6158, -78.5543
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 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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Maryland Park Service

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

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites: 20
Beaches: 5
Cliffs: 4
Artworks: 2
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).

Months averaging 5080 °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.

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