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Round Top Hill Heritage Conservation Fund Site

Round Top Hill Heritage Conservation Fund Site from directly overhead

Round Top Hill Heritage Conservation Fund Site is a nature reserve in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 119 m. High Point stands 789 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Roundtop Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 1.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Maryland Park Service

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates39.67488, -78.23187

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 59
Nature reserves: 18
Historic sites: 16
Springs: 11
  • Lord Fairfax Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Dawson Spring: 12.6 mi
  • A natural spring at the Central Trail: 13.1 mi
  • Natural Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Neglar Spring: 15.4 mi
Museums: 8
  • Hancock Museum: 3.2 mi
  • Museum of Berkeley Springs: 3.3 mi
  • Thomas D. Ambrose Nature Center: 12.6 mi
  • CCC museum: 13.0 mi
  • Belle Boyd House: 20.7 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Junior Officer's Quarters: 12.9 mi
  • Captain's Quarters: 13.0 mi
  • Almost Heaven Sign: 15.3 mi
  • Almost Heaven Swing: 15.3 mi
  • Farnham Colossi: 17.7 mi
Cliffs: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • Sideling Hill Rest Area Eastbound: 3.8 mi
  • Sideling Hill Rest Area Westbound: 4.0 mi
  • I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 21.4 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Sweet Root Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
  • Blankley Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
  • Sideling Hill Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Morgan Arts Council: 3.3 mi
  • The Igloo: 24.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Round Top Hill Heritage Conservation Fund Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High PointSSW 201°789 m17.1 mi
Emmaville MountainN 2°690 m15.2 mi
Cacapon 2SSW 204°673 m10.5 mi
Cross MountainENE 74°627 m13.3 mi
The LockingsNNW 341°618 m11.0 mi
Hearthstone MountainE 79°616 m14.0 mi
Sleepy Creek MountainS 173°580 m15.1 mi
Purslane MountainSW 231°568 m9.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:5019:25
June solstice05:4620:0420:45
September equinox07:0118:3619:12
December solstice07:3116:1016:53

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313341526169747265544335
Precip in3.62.23.03.54.44.94.33.14.43.32.63.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cacapon ST PK #2, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/278022244

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