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Uniontown Historic District

Uniontown Historic District from directly overhead

Uniontown Historic District is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 200 m. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Linwood Historic District, a park 2.5 miles away. Old Main Streets runs past it.

What the record says

Elevation
200 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.59316, -77.11832

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Westminster War Memorial: 6.4 mi
  • Belle Grove Square Bicentennial Memorial: 6.5 mi
  • The First Complete County Rural Free Delivery Service: 6.8 mi
  • The Opera House: 6.9 mi
  • Memorial Gateway: 7.0 mi
Peaks
Attractions: 17
  • Pumpkin Cannon: 13.9 mi
  • Walkersville Southern Railroad: 14.7 mi
  • John Eisenhower Bridge: 16.3 mi
  • Sachs Covered Bridge: 16.4 mi
  • Catoctin Furnace: 16.9 mi
Artworks: 15
Springs: 10
  • Koontz Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Spangler's Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Menchey’s Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Fountaindale Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Katelysine Spring: 18.5 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Cape Horn Picnic Grove: 13.1 mi
  • Founder's Plaza: 13.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
Gardens: 8
  • Filbert/Diller Corner Garden: 15.8 mi
  • Adventure Nursery: 19.3 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 23.0 mi
  • John L. Clark Honors Garden: 23.2 mi
  • Community Garden: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 13.1 mi
  • Truck Rest Area: 16.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Cliffs: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Beach Front: 22.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Uniontown Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Quirauk MountainWNW 289°654 m22.2 mi
Catoctin MountainWNW 282°572 m18.9 mi
Salamander RockW 267°562 m19.7 mi
High RockWNW 288°559 m22.6 mi
Virginia RockNW 304°545 m22.2 mi
Bob's HillW 272°535 m18.3 mi
Wildcat RocksWNW 302°533 m21.9 mi
Black RockW 269°526 m19.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:21
June solstice05:4220:0020:40
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2616:0616:48

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313341526170757366554436
Precip in3.52.54.23.94.34.34.33.55.23.83.43.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Emmitsburg 2 SE, 11 mi away.

  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander9 obs
  • white vervain5 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly5 obs
  • mayapple4 obs
  • velvetleaf4 obs
  • rattlesnake fern4 obs
  • white campion4 obs
  • Lark Bunting3 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358247140

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