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Harlan Spring Historic District

Harlan Spring Historic District from directly overhead

Harlan Spring Historic District is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 129 m. Cacapon 2 stands 673 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Hedgesville Park, a park 1.9 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 4.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
129 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.54954, -77.95528

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hedgesville Park: 1.9 mi
  • Hedgesville Historic District: 2.1 mi
  • 9-11 Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Stonewall Jackson Monument: 2.6 mi
  • Dupont Soccer Complex: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums: 32
  • CCC museum: 4.9 mi
  • Belle Boyd House: 6.2 mi
  • For the Kids by George Children's Museum: 6.3 mi
  • Washington County Rural Heritage Museum: 11.5 mi
  • Hagerstown Model Railroad Museum at Antietam Station: 12.0 mi
Attractions: 32
  • Captain's Quarters: 4.9 mi
  • Junior Officer's Quarters: 4.9 mi
  • Lock 40: 10.3 mi
  • Lock 38 Path: 11.4 mi
  • Little House: 11.5 mi
Nature reserves: 19
Springs: 13
  • Neglar Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Lord Fairfax Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Annapolis Rock Spring: 19.1 mi
  • A natural spring at the Central Trail: 19.7 mi
  • Tayamentasachta Spring: 20.2 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 6.3 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 18.7 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 19.0 mi
  • Sideling Hill Rest Area Eastbound: 20.8 mi
  • Sideling Hill Rest Area Westbound: 20.9 mi
Artworks: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Cliffs: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Four Square Garden: 11.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Dargan Bend: 17.2 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Shenandoah Lake Beach: 24.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Harlan Spring Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cacapon 2W 267°673 m19.0 mi
Cross MountainN 351°627 m12.5 mi
Hearthstone MountainN 355°616 m11.3 mi
Sleepy Creek MountainWSW 244°580 m14.3 mi
Shockeys KnobSW 233°567 m18.2 mi
Pinkerton KnobW 266°549 m9.3 mi
Black RockE 85°549 m19.1 mi
Annapolis RockE 88°538 m19.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4819:24
June solstice05:4520:0320:43
September equinox07:0018:3519:11
December solstice07:3016:0916:52

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442536371767467554436
Precip in2.82.63.73.64.23.54.13.04.23.33.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Martinsburg 2, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly32 obs
  • Common Box Turtle7 obs
  • White-tailed Deer5 obs
  • bird's-eye speedwell4 obs
  • Monarch3 obs
  • red deadnettle3 obs
  • Banded Garden Spider3 obs
  • Central Ratsnake3 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356535306

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