Pen Mar Park
Pen Mar Park is a park in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 395 m. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the south, 1.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Mason Dixon Line monument, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 7.6 miles off.
How to reach it
- 7.6 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 8.2 mi off the Old Main Streets
- 12.2 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 16.4 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Chimney Rock · 7 mi
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 15 mi
- Middletown Overlook · 18 mi
- White Rocks · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mason Dixon Line monument: 0.2 mi
- Valley View Manor: 4.5 mi
- Jacobs Church: 6.0 mi
- St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta Statue: 8.4 mi
- Monsignor Hugh J. Phillips: 8.5 mi
- Mount Dunlop: 1.3 mi
- Quirauk Mountain: 1.4 mi
- High Rock: 1.7 mi
- Buzzards Roost: 2.4 mi
- Monterey Peak: 2.7 mi
- Old Banjamin Flagpoles: 1.4 mi
- Old Benjamin Tenis Courts: 1.5 mi
- Solit farm: 1.5 mi
- Red Run Park: 1.7 mi
- High Rock: 1.7 mi
- Monterey Pass Battlefield Museum: 2.1 mi
- Renfrew Farm & Museum: 3.3 mi
- Frederick County Fire Museum: 9.6 mi
- Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Visitor Center: 9.7 mi
- MARC Nature Center: 9.8 mi
- Catoctin Furnace: 10.1 mi
- Pumpkin Cannon: 11.1 mi
- Children's Village of Washington County: 11.6 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 12.5 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 12.5 mi
- Browns Spring: 2.1 mi
- Raven Rock Spring: 3.2 mi
- Fountaindale Spring: 5.8 mi
- Pearl Spring: 8.4 mi
- Travelers Spring: 8.4 mi
- 42 West: 4.6 mi
- St. Francis: 8.4 mi
- Fr. John Dubois: 8.6 mi
- Penn State Mont Alto Nittany Lion Shrine: 8.8 mi
- Saint Maria Goretti: 11.8 mi
- Frank Bentz Pond Fish Management Area: 8.0 mi
- A.M. Powell Hatchery Fish Management Area: 11.1 mi
- Caledonia State Park: 13.5 mi
- Sweeney, Carl and Rebecca Conservation: 15.8 mi
- Middletown Watershed: 17.3 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
- Founder's Plaza: 8.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
- 9-11 Memorial Garden: 8.9 mi
- Four Square Garden: 18.8 mi
- Peace Garden: 22.6 mi
- Shippensburg University Campus Farm: 23.8 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 10.4 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 14.0 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 14.1 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 20.1 mi
- Clermont Crag: 1.8 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 18.6 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 6.2 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 21.9 mi
- Tartown: 7.7 mi
- Harmony Grove: 19.1 mi
- Beach Front: 1.4 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 13.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Pen Mar Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quirauk Mountain | S 189° | 654 m | 1.4 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | N 5° | 637 m | 8.2 mi |
| Buzzard Peak | NNE 16° | 593 m | 7.3 mi |
| The Knob | NNE 20° | 573 m | 10.0 mi |
| Catoctin Mountain | SSE 155° | 572 m | 5.2 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | N 1° | 570 m | 10.0 mi |
| Pivot Rock | N 1° | 563 m | 10.2 mi |
| Salamander Rock | S 174° | 562 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:07 | 16:49 |
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 | 42 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Catoctin MTN Park, 5 mi away.
- dame's rocket15 obs
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander9 obs
- mountain laurel9 obs
- Japanese barberry9 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly8 obs
- Common Box Turtle6 obs
- common milkweed6 obs
- American chestnut6 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 way/517364671
Day trips start here
- Catoctin Mountain Park · 5 mi
- Thurmont · 8 mi
- Hagerstown · 12 mi
- Boonsboro · 16 mi
- Chambersburg · 17 mi
- Gettysburg · 17 mi
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