Potomac Park
Potomac Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 105 m. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Doubleday Hill Monument, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 3.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 105 m
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 0.4 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 9.3 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
- 9.8 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Georgians Overlook · 12 mi
- White Rocks · 15 mi
- Devils Nose · 15 mi
- Stone Fort · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Doubleday Hill Monument: 0.2 mi
- Stumpy's Hollow Historical Monument: 5.9 mi
- 12th PA Cavalry: 9.2 mi
- 13th NJ: 9.2 mi
- Indiana State Memorial: 9.2 mi
- Byron Park: 0.6 mi
- Martin L. "Marty" Snook Memorial Park: 3.6 mi
- Piper Lane Neighborhood Park: 4.1 mi
- Doubs Woods Park: 5.1 mi
- Dupont Soccer Complex: 5.3 mi
- Prospect Hill: 5.0 mi
- Devils Backbone: 7.5 mi
- Boyd Mountain: 7.6 mi
- Johnson Mountain: 7.7 mi
- Fairview Mountain: 8.5 mi
- Railroad Museum: 5.5 mi
- Mansion House Art Center: 5.6 mi
- Washington County Museum of Fine Arts: 5.8 mi
- Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum: 5.8 mi
- Jonathan Hager House and Museum: 5.9 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 5.9 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 5.9 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 5.9 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 5.9 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 5.9 mi
- Annapolis Rock Spring: 12.6 mi
- Tayamentasachta Spring: 13.7 mi
- Moss Spring: 14.6 mi
- Oak Spring: 15.6 mi
- Cold Springs: 16.3 mi
- Yankauer Nature Preserve: 7.1 mi
- Sweeney, Carl and Rebecca Conservation: 7.5 mi
- Boyd Mountain Pond Heritage Conservation Fund Site: 7.9 mi
- Conservation Easement East of Indian Springs Wildlife Management Area: 9.3 mi
- A.M. Powell Hatchery Fish Management Area: 10.1 mi
- Saint Maria Goretti: 7.5 mi
- 42 West: 17.1 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 20.1 mi
- Morgan Arts Council: 21.3 mi
- Penn State Mont Alto Nittany Lion Shrine: 22.6 mi
- The Lockings: 16.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 20.4 mi
- Clermont Crag: 20.5 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 21.1 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 1.3 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 12.9 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 13.1 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 11.6 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 19.1 mi
- Jarrett Falls: 23.4 mi
- Dargan Bend: 16.9 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
- Four Square Garden: 7.5 mi
- 9-11 Memorial Garden: 22.6 mi
- Beach Front: 19.6 mi
- Harmony Grove: 25.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Potomac Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quirauk Mountain | ENE 68° | 654 m | 18.1 mi |
| Cross Mountain | NW 316° | 627 m | 12.5 mi |
| Hearthstone Mountain | NW 315° | 616 m | 10.9 mi |
| Catoctin Mountain | E 80° | 572 m | 19.5 mi |
| Salamander Rock | E 95° | 562 m | 18.2 mi |
| High Rock | ENE 68° | 559 m | 17.5 mi |
| Black Rock | E 98° | 549 m | 12.4 mi |
| Pinkerton Knob | WSW 256° | 549 m | 16.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:08 | 16:51 |
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 | 34 | 42 | 53 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hagerstown 1 E, 8 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly25 obs
- Canada Goose22 obs
- Virginia bluebells21 obs
- Northern Red-bellied Cooter20 obs
- Pond Slider18 obs
- Great Blue Heron17 obs
- poison hemlock15 obs
- garlic mustard14 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/358252888
Day trips start here
- Washington County · 1 mi
- Hagerstown · 6 mi
- Hedgesville · 9 mi
- Boonsboro · 11 mi
- Sharpsburg · 11 mi
- Martinsburg · 12 mi
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