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Tayamentasachta

Tayamentasachta from directly overhead

Tayamentasachta is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Tayamentasachta Spring, a spring 0.1 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 8.8 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates39.77987, -77.71924

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Jerome R. King Playground: 1.1 mi
  • Antrim Township Park: 2.8 mi
  • Martin's Mill Bridge Park: 3.1 mi
  • Enoch Brown Memorial Park: 3.5 mi
  • State Line Ruritan Club: 4.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Jacobs Church: 6.6 mi
  • Mason Dixon Line monument: 12.0 mi
  • Fort Loudoun: 12.0 mi
  • Doubleday Hill Monument: 13.7 mi
  • Caledonia Furnace: 15.5 mi
Peaks
Springs: 24
  • Tayamentasachta Spring: 0.1 mi
  • Moss Spring: 0.9 mi
  • Oak Spring: 2.0 mi
  • Cold Springs: 2.7 mi
  • Falling Spring: 10.6 mi
Museums: 23
Attractions: 21
  • Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 9.6 mi
  • Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 9.6 mi
  • Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 9.8 mi
  • Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 9.8 mi
  • Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 9.8 mi
Nature reserves: 14
Artworks: 10
Picnic sites: 5
  • Owens Creek Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
  • Bear Valley Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
  • Founder's Plaza: 20.6 mi
  • Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
Gardens: 4
Rest areas: 4
  • I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 15.0 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 18.4 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 18.7 mi
  • Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 22.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Cliffs: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Beach Front: 11.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Tayamentasachta. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Quirauk MountainESE 118°654 m12.4 mi
Snowy MountainENE 72°637 m12.5 mi
Cross MountainWSW 256°627 m14.9 mi
Broad MountainNNW 339°623 m15.0 mi
Hearthstone MountainWSW 251°616 m14.3 mi
Parnell KnobNW 321°614 m12.1 mi
Buzzard PeakENE 78°593 m13.4 mi
Little MountainNW 325°590 m14.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4719:23
June solstice05:4420:0320:43
September equinox06:5918:3419:10
December solstice07:2916:0716:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333643556473787568574637
Precip in2.52.03.03.33.63.42.92.93.82.82.62.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hagerstown Rgnl AP, 5 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly6 obs
  • Broad-winged Thistle5 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle5 obs
  • Mallard4 obs
  • Monarch4 obs
  • Carolina Mantis4 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander3 obs
  • common motherwort3 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.

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OpenStreetMap element way/544340929

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