Mount Savage Historic District
Mount Savage Historic District is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 391 m. Sampson Rock stands 895 m to the west-northwest, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is The Castle - built 1840, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Mountain Maryland Byway runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 391 m
How to reach it
- On the Mountain Maryland Byway
- 3.1 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 7.1 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 22.4 mi off the Historic National Road - Pennsylvania, National
Overlooks nearby
- Monroe Run Valley · 20 mi
- Warrior Mountain Overlook · 21 mi
- Banner's Overlook · 22 mi
- Deep Creek Lake · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bald Knob: 1.4 mi
- Federal Hill: 1.5 mi
- Sampson Rock: 2.8 mi
- Piney Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Little Savage Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Parris N. Glendening Recreational Area: 3.3 mi
- Mount Pleasant Playground: 3.5 mi
- East End Park: 3.8 mi
- Frostburg Mtn Rec Area: 3.9 mi
- Hoffman Park: 4.0 mi
- Wills Mountain State Park: 5.8 mi
- Dan's Rock Fire Tower: 8.0 mi
- Miltenberger CREP Easement: 8.5 mi
- Miltenberger CREP Easement: 8.7 mi
- Evitts Creek Pond Fish Management Area: 8.9 mi
- The Castle - built 1840: 0.2 mi
- Mason-Dixon marker: 2.2 mi
- Brownsville/Park Avenue Monument: 4.1 mi
- First Toll Gate House: 4.3 mi
- buisness lot: 5.3 mi
- Mount Savage Museum: 0.2 mi
- Thrasher Carriage Museum: 3.6 mi
- Frostburg Museum: 3.7 mi
- F. Brooke Whiting House & Museum: 6.2 mi
- Gordon-Roberts House museum: 6.6 mi
- Mountain View: 1.5 mi
- Ali Ghan Picnic Grounds: 8.5 mi
- Blankley Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
- Sweet Root Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
- St Johns rock scenic overlook: 5.0 mi
- Lovers Leap: 5.8 mi
- Shelter Rocks: 16.3 mi
- Hanging Rocks: 21.7 mi
- Spruce Forest Artisan Village: 14.0 mi
- eroded outcropping: 17.7 mi
- Old Cherry Glade Meetinghouse: 21.2 mi
- Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad: 24.1 mi
- Art: 3.4 mi
- Birdhouse: 24.0 mi
- Baughman Spring: 16.9 mi
- White Sulphur Springs: 23.4 mi
- Frankville: 20.7 mi
- US-219 Cove Overlook Rest Area: 21.7 mi
- River Beach: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Mount Savage Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sampson Rock | WNW 288° | 895 m | 2.8 mi |
| Saint John Rock | WSW 247° | 890 m | 5.1 mi |
| Dans Rock | S 187° | 883 m | 8.0 mi |
| Little Savage Mountain | NW 318° | 859 m | 3.2 mi |
| Elbow Mountain | SW 232° | 859 m | 12.2 mi |
| Salt Block Mountain | W 262° | 854 m | 12.7 mi |
| Bear Hill | SW 233° | 849 m | 11.0 mi |
| Mount Nebo | W 261° | 842 m | 15.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:52 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:07 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:12 | 16:55 |
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, 4 mi away.
- American Robin13 obs
- Scarlet Tanager9 obs
- White-tailed Deer9 obs
- dame's rocket9 obs
- common milkweed9 obs
- Northern Cardinal8 obs
- Blue Jay7 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle7 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/358252305
Day trips start here
- Grantsville · 15 mi
- Somerset · 24 mi
- McHenry · 27 mi
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