Ballenger Creek Park
Ballenger Creek Park is a park in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 95 m. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Kingsbrook Park, a park 1.3 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 0.4 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 1.8 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 2.4 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 6.7 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Middletown Overlook · 6 mi
- Shock Rock · 7 mi
- McCormack Overlook · 9 mi
- West View · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kingsbrook Park: 1.3 mi
- Overlook Park (City Of Frederick): 1.7 mi
- Hillcrest Park: 1.9 mi
- Monarch Ridge Park: 2.0 mi
- Carrollton Park: 2.0 mi
- Monument to the Unknown Confederate Soldiers: 2.3 mi
- United Daughters of the Confederacy Monument: 2.9 mi
- Maryland Monument: 2.9 mi
- World War II Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Jigger Hill: 4.0 mi
- Ridge Hill: 4.4 mi
- High Knob: 6.0 mi
- Pine Rock: 6.3 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 8.9 mi
- Best Stone Barn: 2.9 mi
- Best House: 2.9 mi
- Best Secondary House: 2.9 mi
- Thomas House: 3.6 mi
- Gambrill Mill: 3.6 mi
- WINDSWEPT: 2.9 mi
- Spire: 2.9 mi
- Water Lily Swirl: 3.0 mi
- Water Lily Wave: 3.0 mi
- Claire McCardell: 3.2 mi
- Middletown Watershed: 6.4 mi
- Urbana Lake Fish Management Area: 8.2 mi
- Fred Archibald Audubon Sanctuary: 9.1 mi
- Brunswick Pond Fish Management Area: 9.3 mi
- Lambs Knoll Fire Tower: 10.4 mi
- National Museum of Civil War Medicine: 3.1 mi
- Schifferstadt Architectural Museum: 3.1 mi
- Museum of Frederick County History: 3.2 mi
- Children's Museum of Rose Hill Manor Park: 4.7 mi
- South Mountain Heritage Society: 9.5 mi
- Public Grills & Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
- Nolands Ferry: 9.4 mi
- Blue Sky Park: 14.2 mi
- Dargan Bend: 15.5 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Bootjack Spring: 6.6 mi
- Spout Spring: 7.6 mi
- Kanawha Spring: 8.8 mi
- Annapolis Rock Spring: 14.3 mi
- Raven Rock Spring: 20.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 11.7 mi
- Poolesville Community Garden: 16.4 mi
- Four Square Garden: 18.0 mi
- Schwartz Peony Garden: 19.7 mi
- Native Pollinator Meadow: 21.7 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 4.8 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.7 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.7 mi
- Clermont Crag: 24.4 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 12.7 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 13.0 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 14.0 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 23.6 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 15.6 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 17.2 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 22.8 mi
- Beach Front: 24.7 mi
- Harmony Grove: 5.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ballenger Creek Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quirauk Mountain | N 351° | 654 m | 21.9 mi |
| Catoctin Mountain | N 357° | 572 m | 18.4 mi |
| Salamander Rock | N 352° | 562 m | 13.5 mi |
| High Rock | N 350° | 559 m | 21.9 mi |
| Black Rock | NNW 329° | 549 m | 15.3 mi |
| Annapolis Rock | NNW 327° | 538 m | 14.5 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | WNW 296° | 536 m | 10.4 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | WNW 296° | 536 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:00 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:08 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 38 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 5.8 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Frederick Police Brks, 2 mi away.
- American Robin43 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly20 obs
- Amur honeysuckle17 obs
- Eastern Cottontail16 obs
- American pokeweed16 obs
- House Finch16 obs
- Monarch15 obs
- red deadnettle15 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/319200230
Day trips start here
- Frederick · 3 mi
- Middletown · 6 mi
- Frederick County · 7 mi
- Brunswick · 11 mi
- Boonsboro · 14 mi
- Harpers Ferry · 16 mi
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