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Western Maryland College Historic District

Western Maryland College Historic District from directly overhead

Western Maryland College Historic District is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 259 m. Bob's Hill stands 535 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Westminster War Memorial, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Old Main Streets runs past it. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
259 m
Getting there

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Coordinates39.58371, -77.00165

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Westminster War Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Belle Grove Square Bicentennial Memorial: 0.6 mi
  • The First Complete County Rural Free Delivery Service: 0.8 mi
  • The Opera House: 1.0 mi
  • Memorial Gateway: 1.0 mi
Parks
  • Uniontown Road Athletic Fields: 0.5 mi
  • Belle Grove Square Park: 0.6 mi
  • King Park: 0.6 mi
  • Westminster Community Park: 0.6 mi
  • Westminster Skateboard Park: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks: 55
  • Wild Imaginings: 0.7 mi
  • The Luna Moth Project: 4.5 mi
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus Statue: 16.3 mi
  • The Last Samurai: 18.8 mi
  • Maryland in Blue and Gray: 18.8 mi
Museums: 47
Peaks: 44
  • Carroll County Highpoint: 9.8 mi
  • The Bunker: 10.7 mi
  • Dover Hill: 11.9 mi
  • Beecher Hill: 12.9 mi
  • Spook Hill: 15.5 mi
Gardens: 32
  • Filbert/Diller Corner Garden: 15.1 mi
  • Kids Garden: 17.6 mi
  • Pollinator Garden: 17.6 mi
  • Community Garden: 17.8 mi
  • Adventure Nursery: 18.1 mi
Attractions: 25
Picnic sites: 9
  • Cape Horn Picnic Grove: 7.6 mi
  • Timber Tent: 18.1 mi
  • Pecos Tent: 18.2 mi
  • Nordic Grove: 18.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
Springs: 5
  • Koontz Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Spangler's Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Menchey’s Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Katelysine Spring: 22.2 mi
  • Fountaindale Spring: 23.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 2
  • Truck Rest Area: 18.1 mi
  • Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 18.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • McKeldin Falls: 17.2 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Western Maryland College Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bob's HillW 273°535 m24.5 mi
Piney MountainWNW 284°524 m23.1 mi
College MountainWNW 291°520 m21.2 mi
Round TopWNW 288°520 m22.1 mi
Carrick KnobWNW 290°495 m21.4 mi
Wertenbaker HillWNW 288°493 m23.7 mi
Cat RockW 276°476 m23.9 mi
Raven Rock MountainWNW 295°462 m24.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4119:5920:40
September equinox06:5618:3119:07
December solstice07:2616:0516:48

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516170757366544435
Precip in3.02.63.73.73.93.74.33.94.83.93.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hanover 4 SW, 13 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch54 obs
  • Canada Goose47 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly29 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail27 obs
  • Painted Turtle24 obs
  • American Toad23 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle22 obs
  • garlic mustard22 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 node/358247224

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