Park · Maryland
Linwood Historic District
Linwood Historic District is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 130 m. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Union Bridge Community Park, a park 1.4 miles away. Old Main Streets runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 130 m
How to reach it
Coordinates39.56316, -77.14332
- On the Old Main Streets
- 7.9 mi off the Mason and Dixon Byway
- 13.0 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 13.7 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
Overlooks nearby
- Chimney Rock · 16 mi
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 17 mi
- McKeldin Falls · 20 mi
- Middletown Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Union Bridge Community Park: 1.4 mi
- Sulphur Springs Park: 2.2 mi
- Uniontown Historic District: 2.5 mi
- Lions Park: 2.5 mi
- Big Pipe Creek Park: 5.2 mi
Historic sites
- Belle Grove Square Bicentennial Memorial: 7.8 mi
- Westminster War Memorial: 7.8 mi
- The First Complete County Rural Free Delivery Service: 8.0 mi
- The Opera House: 8.0 mi
- Corbit's Charge: 8.2 mi
Peaks
- Laurel Hill: 8.9 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 10.3 mi
- Harpers Hill: 13.2 mi
- College Mountain: 15.1 mi
- Carrick Knob: 15.3 mi
Nature reserves: 60
- Union Mills Reservoir Area: 10.3 mi
- Audrey Carroll Audubon Sanctuary: 10.5 mi
- Hahn Cooperative Wildlife Management Area: 10.5 mi
- Farver Cooperative Wildlife Management Area: 10.9 mi
- Maring Cooperative Wildlife Management Area: 11.3 mi
Museums: 39
- Western Maryland Railroad Museum: 1.9 mi
- Carroll County Farm Museum: 7.9 mi
- Sherman-Fisher-Shellman House: 8.1 mi
- Kimmey House: 8.2 mi
- Cockey's: 8.2 mi
Attractions: 16
- Walkersville Southern Railroad: 12.5 mi
- Pumpkin Cannon: 12.7 mi
- Catoctin Furnace: 15.6 mi
- The Great Frederick Fair: 17.0 mi
- John Eisenhower Bridge: 17.6 mi
Artworks: 14
- Wild Imaginings: 7.9 mi
- The Luna Moth Project: 10.1 mi
- Fr. John Dubois: 13.8 mi
- St. Francis: 14.1 mi
- Claire McCardell: 17.4 mi
Springs: 11
- Koontz Spring: 11.2 mi
- Spangler's Spring: 17.8 mi
- Spout Spring: 18.3 mi
- Menchey’s Spring: 18.3 mi
- Fountaindale Spring: 18.4 mi
Picnic sites: 8
- Founder's Plaza: 13.8 mi
- Cape Horn Picnic Grove: 15.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- Public Grills & Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
Gardens: 8
- Adventure Nursery: 17.7 mi
- Filbert/Diller Corner Garden: 18.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 20.6 mi
- John L. Clark Honors Garden: 22.3 mi
- Community Garden: 22.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 13.5 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 13.9 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 24.5 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 24.7 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Sevenfoot Rock: 19.8 mi
- Clermont Crag: 21.7 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 24.3 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Harmony Grove: 15.6 mi
- Tartown: 24.2 mi
- Daniels: 24.4 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Cunningham Falls: 18.1 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 20.0 mi
Covered bridges: 1
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 17.7 mi
Beaches: 1
- Beach Front: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Linwood Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quirauk Mountain | WNW 295° | 654 m | 21.7 mi |
| Catoctin Mountain | WNW 289° | 572 m | 18.2 mi |
| Salamander Rock | W 273° | 562 m | 18.4 mi |
| High Rock | WNW 294° | 559 m | 22.1 mi |
| Virginia Rock | NW 310° | 545 m | 22.4 mi |
| Bob's Hill | W 279° | 535 m | 17.1 mi |
| Wildcat Rocks | NW 308° | 533 m | 22.0 mi |
| Black Rock | W 276° | 526 m | 17.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:00 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:06 | 16:48 |
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 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Emmitsburg 2 SE, 11 mi away.
- blue vervain7 obs
- Japanese Hops7 obs
- common jewelweed6 obs
- swamp milkweed6 obs
- White-tailed Deer5 obs
- common milkweed5 obs
- Eastern Boxelder Bug5 obs
- Acanthocephala terminalis5 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 node/358247098
Day trips start here
- Westminster · 8 mi
- Frederick County · 15 mi
- Thurmont · 15 mi
- Sykesville · 16 mi
- Catoctin Mountain Park · 18 mi
- Frederick · 18 mi
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