Bald Knob
Bald Knob rises to 615 m in Maryland. Vought Rock stands 898 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Mason-Dixon marker, a historic site 1.1 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 4.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Allegany County, Maryland, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31598418, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 615 m
How to reach it
- 4.2 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 1.4 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
- 8.0 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 22.1 mi off the Historic National Road - Pennsylvania, National
Overlooks nearby
- Monroe Run Valley · 20 mi
- Warrior Mountain Overlook · 22 mi
- Banner's Overlook · 23 mi
- Deep Creek Lake · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Savage Historic District: 1.4 mi
- Parris N. Glendening Recreational Area: 4.0 mi
- Frostburg Mtn Rec Area: 4.5 mi
- Mount Pleasant Playground: 4.6 mi
- Mountainside Recreation Area: 4.6 mi
- Little Savage Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Sampson Rock: 2.5 mi
- Federal Hill: 2.9 mi
- Little Allegheny Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Piney Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Wills Mountain State Park: 6.4 mi
- State Game Lands Number 231: 8.3 mi
- Dan's Rock Fire Tower: 9.3 mi
- Evitts Creek Pond Fish Management Area: 9.5 mi
- Miltenberger CREP Easement: 9.7 mi
- Mason-Dixon marker: 1.1 mi
- The Castle - built 1840: 1.5 mi
- Brownsville/Park Avenue Monument: 5.1 mi
- First Toll Gate House: 5.6 mi
- buisness lot: 6.2 mi
- Mount Savage Museum: 1.2 mi
- Thrasher Carriage Museum: 4.6 mi
- Frostburg Museum: 4.7 mi
- F. Brooke Whiting House & Museum: 7.1 mi
- Gordon-Roberts House museum: 7.6 mi
- Mountain View: 2.5 mi
- Ali Ghan Picnic Grounds: 9.1 mi
- Blankley Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
- Sweet Root Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
- St Johns rock scenic overlook: 5.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 6.6 mi
- Shelter Rocks: 15.7 mi
- Hanging Rocks: 23.1 mi
- Spruce Forest Artisan Village: 13.8 mi
- eroded outcropping: 18.5 mi
- Old Cherry Glade Meetinghouse: 21.4 mi
- Baughman Spring: 16.2 mi
- White Sulphur Springs: 22.5 mi
- Linng Water Spring: 24.9 mi
- Art: 4.4 mi
- Birdhouse: 22.7 mi
- Frankville: 21.4 mi
- US-219 Cove Overlook Rest Area: 21.6 mi
- River Beach: 23.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Bald Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vought Rock | WNW 296° | 898 m | 15.7 mi |
| Sampson Rock | WSW 258° | 895 m | 2.5 mi |
| Saint John Rock | SW 233° | 890 m | 5.6 mi |
| Dans Rock | S 185° | 883 m | 9.3 mi |
| Little Savage Mountain | WNW 297° | 859 m | 2.2 mi |
| Elbow Mountain | SW 227° | 859 m | 13.0 mi |
| Salt Block Mountain | WSW 256° | 854 m | 12.8 mi |
| Bear Hill | SW 227° | 849 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:52 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:07 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:12 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Frostburg 2, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 589686 — Bald Knob, Allegany County, Maryland.
OpenStreetMap element node/358241459
Day trips start here
- Grantsville · 15 mi
- Somerset · 23 mi
- McHenry · 27 mi
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