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Potterfield Park

Potterfield Park from directly overhead

Potterfield Park is a park in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 148 m. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Hager Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland runs past it.

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Coordinates39.62775, -77.71377

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hager Park: 0.4 mi
  • Hager Park: 0.4 mi
  • Brandenburg Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
  • Community Garden: 0.6 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Doubleday Hill Monument: 6.3 mi
  • Black Rock Hotel: 7.5 mi
  • Jacobs Church: 8.1 mi
  • World War 1: 9.6 mi
  • 12th PA Cavalry: 10.0 mi
Museums: 39
Attractions: 38
  • Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 1.0 mi
  • Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 1.0 mi
  • Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 1.0 mi
  • Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 1.0 mi
  • Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 1.0 mi
Springs: 18
  • Annapolis Rock Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Tayamentasachta Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Raven Rock Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Moss Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Oak Spring: 11.9 mi
Nature reserves: 14
Artworks: 12
Picnic sites: 5
  • Owens Creek Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
  • Dargan Bend: 18.3 mi
  • Founder's Plaza: 19.6 mi
  • Public Grills & Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 7.6 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 9.0 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 9.3 mi
  • Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 22.0 mi
Cliffs: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Four Square Garden: 8.0 mi
  • 9-11 Memorial Garden: 17.4 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Beach Front: 13.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Potterfield Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Quirauk MountainENE 66°654 m11.7 mi
Cross MountainWNW 295°627 m16.3 mi
Hearthstone MountainWNW 293°616 m14.9 mi
Catoctin MountainE 84°572 m13.2 mi
Salamander RockESE 106°562 m12.5 mi
High RockENE 65°559 m11.2 mi
Black RockESE 121°549 m7.3 mi
Annapolis RockSE 128°538 m7.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4719:23
June solstice05:4420:0220:43
September equinox06:5918:3419:10
December solstice07:2916:0816:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313442536472767567554436
Precip in3.22.73.93.94.33.43.73.74.83.42.93.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hagerstown 1 E, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard82 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly62 obs
  • Canada Goose32 obs
  • Mute Swan26 obs
  • Muscovy Duck25 obs
  • American pokeweed19 obs
  • Rock Bass19 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel18 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/532962141

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