Shepherdstown Historic District
Shepherdstown Historic District is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 122 m. Sleepy Creek Mountain stands 580 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Little House, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Washington Heritage Trail runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 122 m
How to reach it
- On the Washington Heritage Trail, National
- 0.5 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 0.5 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 9.7 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
Overlooks nearby
- Georgians Overlook · 4 mi
- Stone Fort · 8 mi
- Jefferson Rock · 8 mi
- Maryland Heights Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little House: 0.1 mi
- Lock 38 Path: 0.5 mi
- Lock 39: 1.6 mi
- Antietam Creek Aqueduct: 3.3 mi
- Lock 40: 4.0 mi
- Bane Harris Community Park: 0.3 mi
- James Rumsey Park: 0.4 mi
- Morgan's Grove Park: 1.1 mi
- Swan Pond Manor Historic District: 4.7 mi
- Harvest Hills Park: 5.0 mi
- Rumsey Monument: 0.4 mi
- BG Isaac Rodman Killed Here: 3.6 mi
- BG Branch Killed Here: 3.6 mi
- Hawkins Zouaves Monument - 9th NY: 3.6 mi
- 30th Ohio: 3.7 mi
- Ferry Hill: 0.7 mi
- Hauser Ridge: 4.0 mi
- Nicodemus Heights: 4.5 mi
- Hawks Hill: 5.6 mi
- Red Hill: 5.8 mi
- Hagerstown Model Railroad Museum at Antietam Station: 2.4 mi
- Antietam National Battlefield Visitors Center: 4.4 mi
- Pry House Field Hospital Museum: 5.8 mi
- Civil War Medical Museum: 5.8 mi
- Washington County Rural Heritage Museum: 6.7 mi
- Yankauer Nature Preserve: 5.3 mi
- McClellan's Lookup Fire Tower: 5.9 mi
- Woodpecker Woods Wildlife Santuary: 7.6 mi
- Brownsville Pond Fish Management Area: 8.4 mi
- Lambs Knoll Fire Tower: 9.6 mi
- Annapolis Rock Spring: 14.1 mi
- Cooper Springs: 14.6 mi
- Potts Springs: 16.1 mi
- Harris Springs: 16.2 mi
- Bootjack Spring: 17.0 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 16.7 mi
- Saint Maria Goretti: 17.3 mi
- Spire: 20.9 mi
- WINDSWEPT: 21.0 mi
- Water Lily Swirl: 21.1 mi
- Dargan Bend: 5.8 mi
- Public Grills & Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
- Nolands Ferry: 21.4 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 11.0 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 12.7 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 12.7 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center at Clear Brook: 21.1 mi
- Four Square Garden: 6.6 mi
- Native Pollinator Meadow: 20.5 mi
- Demonstration Garden: 23.2 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 15.3 mi
- River Access: 20.6 mi
- River Access: 21.1 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 4.2 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 22.6 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 17.2 mi
- Harmony Grove: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of Shepherdstown Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleepy Creek Mountain | W 275° | 580 m | 20.9 mi |
| Salamander Rock | ENE 59° | 562 m | 19.7 mi |
| Black Rock | NE 48° | 549 m | 14.8 mi |
| Pinkerton Knob | WNW 294° | 549 m | 18.9 mi |
| Annapolis Rock | NE 51° | 538 m | 14.1 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | E 83° | 536 m | 9.6 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | E 83° | 536 m | 9.6 mi |
| Black Rock | ENE 58° | 526 m | 20.7 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 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:09 | 16:52 |
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 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sharpsburg 5 S, 5 mi away.
- Virginia bluebells87 obs
- bloodroot82 obs
- round-lobed hepatica80 obs
- Virginia saxifrage77 obs
- rue anemone76 obs
- maidenhair spleenwort75 obs
- eastern shooting star72 obs
- toadshade71 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/356535640
Day trips start here
- Shepherdstown · 0 mi
- Sharpsburg · 4 mi
- Harpers Ferry · 8 mi
- Martinsburg · 9 mi
- Boonsboro · 10 mi
- Brunswick · 12 mi
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