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Devil’s Backbone Park

Devil’s Backbone Park from directly overhead

Devil’s Backbone Park is a park in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 112 m. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Devils Backbone, a peak 0.7 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 1.8 miles off.

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Coordinates39.53897, -77.71060

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Washington County Agricultural Education Center: 2.4 mi
  • Boonsboro Historical Park: 3.3 mi
  • Taylor Park: 3.4 mi
  • Rose's Mill Park: 3.4 mi
  • Shafer Memorial Park: 3.6 mi
Historic sites
  • World War 1: 3.5 mi
  • 12th PA Cavalry: 4.1 mi
  • Mansfield Mortally Wounded Here: 4.2 mi
  • Mansfield Monument: 4.2 mi
  • 1st New Jersey Brigade: 4.4 mi
Attractions: 42
  • Lock 40: 5.2 mi
  • Children's Village of Washington County: 5.7 mi
  • Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 6.9 mi
  • Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 6.9 mi
  • Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 6.9 mi
Museums: 39
Springs: 17
  • Annapolis Rock Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Bootjack Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Spout Spring: 13.0 mi
  • Raven Rock Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Tayamentasachta Spring: 16.6 mi
Nature reserves: 15
Artworks: 11
Picnic sites: 6
  • Dargan Bend: 12.2 mi
  • Owens Creek Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
  • Public Grills & Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
  • Founder's Plaza: 21.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 5.7 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 5.9 mi
  • I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 8.0 mi
  • Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 24.1 mi
Cliffs: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Four Square Garden: 2.4 mi
  • 9-11 Memorial Garden: 22.8 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Beach Front: 17.5 mi
  • Shenandoah Lake Beach: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Devil’s Backbone Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Quirauk MountainNE 44°654 m15.1 mi
Hearthstone MountainNW 311°616 m18.4 mi
Catoctin MountainENE 60°572 m15.1 mi
Salamander RockENE 78°562 m12.1 mi
High RockNE 43°559 m14.7 mi
Black RockENE 69°549 m6.5 mi
Annapolis RockENE 77°538 m6.1 mi
Lambs KnollSE 144°536 m7.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4819:23
June solstice05:4420:0220:42
September equinox06:5918:3419:10
December solstice07:2916:0816:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313442536472767567554436
Precip in3.22.73.93.94.33.43.73.74.83.42.93.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hagerstown 1 E, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Box Turtle8 obs
  • bloodroot7 obs
  • Japanese Beetle7 obs
  • purple-stem cliffbrake6 obs
  • North American Wheel Bug5 obs
  • Common Pill Woodlouse5 obs
  • great mullein5 obs
  • Ebony Jewelwing5 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/146380721

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