Lonaconing Historic District
Lonaconing Historic District is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 465 m. Big Savage Mountain stands 913 m to the west-southwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Lonanconing Ballfield, a park 0.2 miles away. Mountain Maryland Byway runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 465 m
How to reach it
- On the Mountain Maryland Byway
- 6.8 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 12.3 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 20.1 mi off the Historic National Road - Pennsylvania, National
Overlooks nearby
- Monroe Run Valley · 12 mi
- Deep Creek Lake · 20 mi
- Warrior Mountain Overlook · 26 mi
- Banner's Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lonanconing Ballfield: 0.2 mi
- Furnace Park: 0.2 mi
- Midland Area Park: 2.0 mi
- Barton Area Park: 2.8 mi
- Rawlings Area Park: 5.6 mi
- Detmold Hill: 1.7 mi
- Jackson Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Pickell Hill: 2.6 mi
- Bartlett Hill: 2.7 mi
- Barton Hill: 3.2 mi
- Dan's Rock Fire Tower: 4.5 mi
- Fort Hill Heritage Conservation Fund Site: 5.5 mi
- Gary A Yoder Fish Management Area: 6.5 mi
- McCoole Fish Management Area: 7.9 mi
- New Germany State Park: 9.0 mi
- buisness lot: 5.3 mi
- Brownsville/Park Avenue Monument: 6.4 mi
- First Toll Gate House: 8.4 mi
- The Castle - built 1840: 10.2 mi
- Mason-Dixon marker: 11.5 mi
- Westernport Heritage Society Museum: 6.8 mi
- Frostburg Museum: 6.8 mi
- Thrasher Carriage Museum: 6.9 mi
- Mount Savage Museum: 10.5 mi
- F. Brooke Whiting House & Museum: 12.3 mi
- eroded outcropping: 8.2 mi
- Spruce Forest Artisan Village: 12.4 mi
- Old Cherry Glade Meetinghouse: 15.2 mi
- Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad: 18.8 mi
- Mountain Coaster: 20.3 mi
- St Johns rock scenic overlook: 6.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 12.8 mi
- Hanging Rocks: 17.2 mi
- Shelter Rocks: 17.3 mi
- Muddy Creek Falls: 23.7 mi
- Lower Swallow Falls: 23.7 mi
- Upper Swallow Falls: 23.8 mi
- Tolliver Falls: 23.8 mi
- Art: 7.1 mi
- Blind Skier and Camper Art Installation: 18.9 mi
- Mountain View: 10.8 mi
- Ali Ghan Picnic Grounds: 15.4 mi
- Frankville: 11.1 mi
- Kendall: 23.7 mi
- US-219 Cove Overlook Rest Area: 18.0 mi
- Youghiogheny Overlook Welcome Center: 22.3 mi
- Public River Access, Fishing: 19.2 mi
- River Beach: 19.5 mi
- Baughman Spring: 18.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Lonaconing Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Savage Mountain | WSW 256° | 913 m | 6.4 mi |
| High Rock | WSW 255° | 910 m | 6.4 mi |
| Meadow Mountain | W 271° | 904 m | 12.1 mi |
| Sampson Rock | NNE 16° | 895 m | 10.1 mi |
| Saint John Rock | N 6° | 890 m | 7.0 mi |
| Dans Rock | ENE 78° | 883 m | 4.6 mi |
| Elbow Mountain | WNW 288° | 859 m | 4.5 mi |
| Little Savage Mountain | NNE 16° | 859 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:07 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:13 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Frostburg 2, 7 mi away.
- Northern Slimy Salamander12 obs
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander12 obs
- Eastern Newt7 obs
- Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander6 obs
- striped maple6 obs
- American cancer-root6 obs
- Periodical Cicadas6 obs
- Smokey-eyed Boulder Lichen6 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358252438
Day trips start here
- Grantsville · 13 mi
- McHenry · 20 mi
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