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New Market Historic District

New Market Historic District from directly overhead

New Market Historic District is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 165 m. Catoctin Mountain stands 572 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is New Market Community Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland runs past it. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
165 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.38316, -77.27082

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • New Market Community Park: 0.2 mi
  • Plum Road Tot Lot: 1.5 mi
  • Plum Road Park: 1.6 mi
  • Summerfield Park: 2.0 mi
  • Landsdale Community Center: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves
  • Fred Archibald Audubon Sanctuary: 1.3 mi
  • Audrey Carroll Audubon Sanctuary: 4.3 mi
  • North Point Neighborhood Conservation Area: 5.5 mi
  • Bennett Creek Conservation Park: 6.6 mi
  • Urbana Lake Fish Management Area: 7.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Jug Bridge East Abutment: 5.2 mi
  • Jug Bridge West Abutment: 5.2 mi
  • Parr's Spring Marker: 5.8 mi
  • P: 5.9 mi
  • Jug Monument: 6.2 mi
Artworks
Museums: 47
Peaks: 44
Attractions: 41
  • Gambrill House: 6.3 mi
  • Gambrill Mill: 6.3 mi
  • Thomas House: 6.7 mi
  • Best Secondary House: 6.8 mi
  • Best House: 6.9 mi
Gardens: 11
Picnic sites: 11
  • Public Grills & Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
  • Blue Sky Park: 10.0 mi
  • Nolands Ferry: 14.6 mi
  • Chickadee Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
  • Pines Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
Springs: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Truck Rest Area: 4.6 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 20.2 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 20.4 mi
  • Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 22.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of New Market Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Catoctin MountainNNW 330°572 m21.1 mi
Salamander RockNW 319°562 m17.7 mi
Black RockNW 307°549 m21.8 mi
Annapolis RockNW 305°538 m21.3 mi
Lambs KnollWNW 283°536 m19.5 mi
Lambs KnollWNW 283°536 m19.5 mi
Bob's HillNW 326°535 m18.1 mi
Black RockNW 322°526 m18.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4320:0020:40
September equinox06:5718:3319:08
December solstice07:2616:0716:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442536371757467564537
Precip in3.43.04.03.64.44.74.54.24.84.03.53.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Damascus 3 SSW, 8 mi away.

  • Japanese stiltgrass42 obs
  • Virginia creeper40 obs
  • autumn olive38 obs
  • Carolina horsenettle36 obs
  • common milkweed34 obs
  • multiflora rose34 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird32 obs
  • eastern poison ivy31 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358251403

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