Mountainside Recreation Area
Mountainside Recreation Area is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 764 m. Big Savage Mountain stands 913 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Frostburg Mtn Rec Area, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 0.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 764 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 1.2 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
- 9.8 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 19.1 mi off the Historic National Road - Pennsylvania, National
Overlooks nearby
- Monroe Run Valley · 16 mi
- Deep Creek Lake · 23 mi
- Warrior Mountain Overlook · 25 mi
- Banner's Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Frostburg Mtn Rec Area: 0.1 mi
- Parris N. Glendening Recreational Area: 0.7 mi
- Frostburg Community Park: 1.1 mi
- St johns rock parking and picnic area: 1.2 mi
- Frostburg Recreational Complex: 1.2 mi
- Sand Spring Hill: 0.9 mi
- Saint John Rock: 1.1 mi
- Gravel Hill: 2.6 mi
- Sampson Rock: 2.8 mi
- Hoffman Hill: 3.4 mi
- Dan's Rock Fire Tower: 6.7 mi
- State Game Lands Number 231: 7.8 mi
- Wills Mountain State Park: 9.2 mi
- New Germany State Park: 10.2 mi
- Fort Hill Heritage Conservation Fund Site: 10.4 mi
- Brownsville/Park Avenue Monument: 1.6 mi
- buisness lot: 2.2 mi
- The Castle - built 1840: 3.8 mi
- Mason-Dixon marker: 4.3 mi
- First Toll Gate House: 5.5 mi
- Frostburg Museum: 1.4 mi
- Thrasher Carriage Museum: 1.5 mi
- Mount Savage Museum: 3.9 mi
- F. Brooke Whiting House & Museum: 9.1 mi
- Gordon-Roberts House museum: 9.5 mi
- Spruce Forest Artisan Village: 10.5 mi
- eroded outcropping: 14.0 mi
- Old Cherry Glade Meetinghouse: 17.2 mi
- Mountain Coaster: 23.5 mi
- Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad: 23.8 mi
- St Johns rock scenic overlook: 1.0 mi
- Lovers Leap: 9.0 mi
- Shelter Rocks: 13.7 mi
- Hanging Rocks: 21.7 mi
- Art: 1.6 mi
- Blind Skier and Camper Art Installation: 21.8 mi
- Birdhouse: 24.3 mi
- Mountain View: 5.1 mi
- Ali Ghan Picnic Grounds: 11.9 mi
- Blankley Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
- US-219 Cove Overlook Rest Area: 18.1 mi
- Youghiogheny Overlook Welcome Center: 22.8 mi
- River Beach: 22.9 mi
- Public River Access, Fishing: 24.7 mi
- Baughman Spring: 14.7 mi
- Frankville: 16.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Mountainside Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Savage Mountain | SW 222° | 913 m | 11.8 mi |
| High Rock | SW 222° | 910 m | 11.8 mi |
| Sampson Rock | NNE 20° | 895 m | 2.8 mi |
| Saint John Rock | W 260° | 890 m | 1.1 mi |
| Dans Rock | SSE 157° | 883 m | 6.7 mi |
| Little Savage Mountain | NNE 19° | 859 m | 4.4 mi |
| Elbow Mountain | SW 227° | 859 m | 8.4 mi |
| Salt Block Mountain | W 270° | 854 m | 9.0 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 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:13 | 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, 1 mi away.
- American Robin52 obs
- garlic mustard44 obs
- White-tailed Deer37 obs
- dame's rocket37 obs
- Song Sparrow34 obs
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander28 obs
- Common Garter Snake25 obs
- ground-ivy25 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/358252309
Day trips start here
- Grantsville · 11 mi
- McHenry · 23 mi
- Somerset · 24 mi
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