Widmyer Park
Widmyer Park is a park in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 123 m. High Point stands 789 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Widmyer Memorial Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway runs past it.
How to reach it
- On the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- On the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 4.7 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
- 27.7 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Sideling Hill Viewpoint · 5 mi
- Prospect Overlook · 7 mi
- Devils Nose · 8 mi
- Banner's Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Widmyer Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
- Joseph Hancock Jr. Primitive Park: 0.4 mi
- Kirk Woods Park: 0.4 mi
- Gerber Field: 0.7 mi
- Widmeyer Wildlife Management Area: 5.1 mi
- Roundtop Hill: 2.9 mi
- Long Point: 3.7 mi
- Fluted Rocks: 7.5 mi
- Short Mountain: 7.6 mi
- Keefer Mountain: 7.8 mi
- Tonoloway Fort: 0.7 mi
- Round Top Cement Mill: 2.6 mi
- Victor Cushwa: 5.0 mi
- Berkeley Springs Baths: 5.6 mi
- Samuel Taylor Suit Cottage: 5.6 mi
- Hancock Museum: 0.4 mi
- Museum of Berkeley Springs: 5.6 mi
- CCC museum: 11.8 mi
- Thomas D. Ambrose Nature Center: 15.2 mi
- Crawford's Museum & Gift Shop: 20.6 mi
- Lord Fairfax Spring: 5.6 mi
- Big Spring: 12.8 mi
- Dawson Spring: 13.3 mi
- Reese Spring: 15.2 mi
- A natural spring at the Central Trail: 15.7 mi
- Junior Officer's Quarters: 11.8 mi
- Captain's Quarters: 11.8 mi
- Almost Heaven Sign: 18.0 mi
- Almost Heaven Swing: 18.0 mi
- Farnham Colossi: 19.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 1.7 mi
- The Lockings: 8.0 mi
- The Little Point: 16.5 mi
- Sideling Hill Rest Area Eastbound: 4.9 mi
- Sideling Hill Rest Area Westbound: 4.9 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 19.9 mi
- Morgan Arts Council: 5.5 mi
- The Igloo: 23.2 mi
- Saint Maria Goretti: 24.9 mi
- Sweet Root Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
- Sideling Hill Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
- Blankley Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
- Jarrett Falls: 14.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Widmyer Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Point | SSW 205° | 789 m | 19.7 mi |
| Emmaville Mountain | N 352° | 690 m | 13.5 mi |
| Cacapon 2 | SSW 209° | 673 m | 13.2 mi |
| Cross Mountain | E 80° | 627 m | 10.7 mi |
| The Lockings | NW 325° | 618 m | 10.3 mi |
| Hearthstone Mountain | E 87° | 616 m | 11.6 mi |
| Sleepy Creek Mountain | S 181° | 580 m | 16.9 mi |
| Purslane Mountain | SW 230° | 568 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:49 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 20:04 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 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 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cacapon ST PK #2, 15 mi away.
- Mallard17 obs
- American lotus16 obs
- box elder13 obs
- Virginia bluebells11 obs
- common hoptree10 obs
- Painted Turtle9 obs
- Common Box Turtle7 obs
- squirrel corn7 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 way/119512972
Day trips start here
- Hancock · 0 mi
- Hedgesville · 15 mi
- Mercersburg · 18 mi
- Martinsburg · 21 mi
- Washington County · 21 mi
- Hagerstown · 25 mi
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