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Big Pipe Creek Park

Big Pipe Creek Park from directly overhead

Big Pipe Creek Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 129 m. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Roberts Mill Park, a park 1.4 miles away. Old Main Streets runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
129 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.63898, -77.13975

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Roberts Mill Park: 1.4 mi
  • Roth Recreational Park: 1.6 mi
  • Taneytown High School Recreation Park: 2.1 mi
  • Taneytown Memorial Park: 2.8 mi
  • Uniontown Historic District: 3.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Westminster War Memorial: 8.6 mi
  • Belle Grove Square Bicentennial Memorial: 8.7 mi
  • The First Complete County Rural Free Delivery Service: 9.0 mi
  • The Opera House: 9.1 mi
  • Memorial Gateway: 9.2 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves: 43
Museums: 40
Attractions: 16
  • John Eisenhower Bridge: 13.0 mi
  • Sachs Covered Bridge: 13.1 mi
  • Pumpkin Cannon: 13.2 mi
  • Walkersville Southern Railroad: 15.7 mi
  • Catoctin Furnace: 16.2 mi
Springs: 15
  • Koontz Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Spangler's Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Menchey’s Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Katelysine Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Fountaindale Spring: 15.6 mi
Artworks: 15
Picnic sites: 7
  • Founder's Plaza: 11.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
  • Cape Horn Picnic Grove: 13.7 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 10.4 mi
  • Truck Rest Area: 19.1 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Filbert/Diller Corner Garden: 13.5 mi
  • Adventure Nursery: 22.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Beach Front: 20.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Big Pipe Creek Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Quirauk MountainWNW 281°654 m20.2 mi
Catoctin MountainW 272°572 m17.4 mi
Salamander RockWSW 257°562 m19.0 mi
High RockW 281°559 m20.7 mi
Virginia RockWNW 298°545 m19.6 mi
Bob's HillW 261°535 m17.3 mi
Wildcat RocksWNW 296°533 m19.4 mi
Black RockW 259°526 m18.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:21
June solstice05:4220:0020:40
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2716:0616:48

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313341526170757366554436
Precip in3.52.54.23.94.34.34.33.55.23.83.43.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Emmitsburg 2 SE, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard26 obs
  • Eastern Dobsonfly12 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly10 obs
  • Painted Turtle9 obs
  • North American Wheel Bug9 obs
  • North American Common Gray8 obs
  • Great Blue Heron7 obs
  • Pearl Crescent7 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1213752969

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