Fairgrounds Park
Fairgrounds Park is a park in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 166 m. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Funkhouser Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 0.6 miles off.
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 6.7 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 10.1 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 15.1 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Georgians Overlook · 14 mi
- White Rocks · 14 mi
- Chimney Rock · 15 mi
- Middletown Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Funkhouser Park: 0.3 mi
- Funkhouser Park: 0.3 mi
- Potomac-Broadway Historic District: 0.4 mi
- Bloom Park: 0.4 mi
- Pangborn Park: 0.4 mi
- Devils Backbone: 6.8 mi
- Black Rock: 7.8 mi
- Annapolis Rock: 8.4 mi
- Short Hill: 8.6 mi
- Buzzard Knob: 9.1 mi
- Jacobs Church: 6.9 mi
- Doubleday Hill Monument: 7.1 mi
- Black Rock Hotel: 7.9 mi
- World War 1: 10.9 mi
- Washington Monument: 11.0 mi
- Discovery Station: 0.8 mi
- Jonathan Hager House and Museum: 1.3 mi
- Washington County Museum of Fine Arts: 1.4 mi
- Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum: 1.4 mi
- Mansion House Art Center: 1.6 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 0.9 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 0.9 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 1.1 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 1.3 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 1.3 mi
- Annapolis Rock Spring: 8.6 mi
- Tayamentasachta Spring: 9.2 mi
- Raven Rock Spring: 9.9 mi
- Moss Spring: 10.1 mi
- Oak Spring: 10.6 mi
- A.M. Powell Hatchery Fish Management Area: 5.3 mi
- Sweeney, Carl and Rebecca Conservation: 6.7 mi
- Conservation Easement East of Indian Springs Wildlife Management Area: 12.3 mi
- Yankauer Nature Preserve: 12.7 mi
- Antietam National Battlefield: 13.1 mi
- Saint Maria Goretti: 2.0 mi
- 42 West: 10.2 mi
- Penn State Mont Alto Nittany Lion Shrine: 16.1 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 17.0 mi
- St. Francis: 18.8 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Founder's Plaza: 19.0 mi
- Dargan Bend: 19.6 mi
- Public Grills & Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 8.5 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 9.8 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 10.1 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 21.4 mi
- Clermont Crag: 13.3 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 18.2 mi
- The Lockings: 20.6 mi
- Four Square Garden: 9.3 mi
- 9-11 Memorial Garden: 16.1 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 12.7 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 13.7 mi
- Tartown: 18.1 mi
- Harmony Grove: 21.2 mi
- Beach Front: 12.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Fairgrounds Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quirauk Mountain | ENE 71° | 654 m | 10.9 mi |
| Hearthstone Mountain | WNW 288° | 616 m | 14.8 mi |
| Catoctin Mountain | E 89° | 572 m | 12.8 mi |
| Salamander Rock | ESE 112° | 562 m | 12.7 mi |
| High Rock | ENE 71° | 559 m | 10.4 mi |
| Black Rock | SE 131° | 549 m | 7.8 mi |
| Virginia Rock | NE 56° | 545 m | 15.6 mi |
| Annapolis Rock | SE 136° | 538 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:47 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:02 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:08 | 16:51 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 42 | 53 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hagerstown 1 E, under a mile away.
- Mallard91 obs
- Canada Goose52 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly37 obs
- Monarch29 obs
- Muscovy Duck27 obs
- Mute Swan26 obs
- Huron Skipper21 obs
- Amur honeysuckle20 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/96166270
Day trips start here
- Hagerstown · 1 mi
- Washington County · 6 mi
- Boonsboro · 10 mi
- Catoctin Mountain Park · 13 mi
- Sharpsburg · 13 mi
- Mercersburg · 16 mi
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