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Hathaway Local Open Space

Hathaway Local Open Space from directly overhead

Hathaway Local Open Space is a nature reserve in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 186 m. Carroll County Highpoint stands 344 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. Horses and Hounds Scenic Byway passes 2.2 miles off. 30 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Drainage and Utility reservation area owned by Baltimore County Government

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Baltimore County Department of Public Works
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.44326, -76.81222

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Hammershire Park: 0.2 mi
  • Hammershire Park: 0.3 mi
  • High Falcon: 0.6 mi
  • Rider Mill Local Open Space: 0.7 mi
  • Suburbia Local Open Space: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Meadows Road Bridge: 3.1 mi
  • John McDonogh Monument: 3.9 mi
  • Charles E Kratz Memorial Park: 6.3 mi
  • Fort Garrison: 6.4 mi
  • The Old Court Road: 6.5 mi
Artworks
Museums
Gardens
  • Trish Harper Graduation Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Kids Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Pollinator Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Community Garden: 7.6 mi
  • John L. Clark Honors Garden: 9.4 mi
Attractions: 46
Peaks: 30
  • The Bunker: 4.1 mi
  • Dover Hill: 6.7 mi
  • Oregon Ridge: 7.4 mi
  • Ivy Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Abell Ridge: 9.8 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Timber Tent: 7.7 mi
  • Nordic Grove: 7.7 mi
  • Pecos Tent: 7.7 mi
  • Pickall Area: 9.7 mi
  • Hollofield Shelters: 10.4 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Setters Formation: 9.3 mi
  • Friction Wall: 12.4 mi
  • Quarry (former): 12.5 mi
  • Quarry (former): 12.6 mi
  • Quarry (former): 12.7 mi
Springs: 5
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Crises Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Marble Springs: 14.6 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 23.7 mi
  • Koontz Spring: 24.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Truck Rest Area: 20.8 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hathaway Local Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carroll County HighpointNNW 342°344 m19.5 mi
Beecher HillN 353°324 m20.3 mi
Huntrick HillN 3°310 m24.8 mi
Saubel HillN 1°277 m22.4 mi
Spook HillNNE 21°233 m14.2 mi
Ivy HillE 81°200 m7.5 mi
Oregon RidgeENE 66°191 m7.4 mi
Chestnut HillS 175°169 m10.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4419:19
June solstice05:4119:5820:38
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:2516:0516:48

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353744556473787568574839

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/661338288

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