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New Germany State Park

New Germany State Park from directly overhead

New Germany State Park is a nature reserve in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 758 m. Mount Davis stands 979 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is New Germany Recreation Area, a park 0.5 miles away. Mountain Maryland Byway runs past it.

What to expect

Operated by
Maryland Park Service

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.62812, -79.13089

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves: 20
Historic sites: 19
Museums: 16
  • Grantsville Museum: 4.9 mi
  • Springs Museum: 7.3 mi
  • Westernport Heritage Society Museum: 11.0 mi
  • Frostburg Museum: 11.0 mi
  • Thrasher Carriage Museum: 11.2 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Spruce Forest Artisan Village: 4.8 mi
  • Old Cherry Glade Meetinghouse: 7.1 mi
  • eroded outcropping: 7.5 mi
  • Mountain Coaster: 13.3 mi
  • Pleasant Valley Dreamrides: 23.7 mi
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
Artworks: 2
  • Art: 11.3 mi
  • Blind Skier and Camper Art Installation: 11.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 1
  • Baughman Spring: 11.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of New Germany State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DavisNNW 347°979 m11.2 mi
Zehner HillNNW 327°914 m7.3 mi
Big Savage MountainSSE 162°913 m6.1 mi
High RockSSE 162°910 m6.1 mi
Meadow MountainSW 226°904 m5.7 mi
Ringer HillNNW 335°903 m8.3 mi
Maust HillNNW 332°901 m7.9 mi
George HillW 263°897 m9.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5319:29
June solstice05:5020:0820:48
September equinox07:0518:4019:15
December solstice07:3516:1416:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495866716963514133
Precip in3.02.63.33.74.64.64.13.53.82.92.42.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Savage RVR DAM, 8 mi away.

  • Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander75 obs
  • Hickory Tussock Moth72 obs
  • partridgeberry55 obs
  • striped maple49 obs
  • Scarlet Beebalm47 obs
  • painted trillium45 obs
  • American Red Squirrel44 obs
  • Canada mayflower42 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/276842734

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