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Bells Hill

Bells Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Bells Hill rises to 341 m in Maryland. Dans Rock stands 883 m to the west-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Boyer Knob, a peak 1.1 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 5.3 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q31598523, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
341 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.63856, -78.55185

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Glendale Area Park: 4.8 mi
  • Oldtown Community Park: 7.3 mi
  • Green Spring Park: 8.6 mi
  • Paw Paw Town Park: 9.4 mi
  • Constitution Park: 10.3 mi
Nature reserves: 22
Historic sites: 20
  • Masonry Overfall: 9.5 mi
  • Steam Pump: 10.4 mi
  • B'er Chayim Congregation: 11.1 mi
  • Thomas Cresap: 11.4 mi
  • National Road Monument: 11.4 mi
Museums: 19
  • The Irvin Allen/Michael Cresap Museum: 7.4 mi
  • Allegany Museum: 11.4 mi
  • Wills Creek Museum: 11.4 mi
  • C. William Gilchrist Gallery and Museum: 11.5 mi
  • Gordon-Roberts House museum: 11.6 mi
Springs: 10
  • Dawson Spring: 13.7 mi
  • A natural spring at the Central Trail: 15.8 mi
  • Natural Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Lord Fairfax Spring: 17.2 mi
  • White Sulphur Springs: 22.7 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Cliffs: 4
Attractions: 4
Rest areas: 2
  • Sideling Hill Rest Area Eastbound: 15.4 mi
  • Sideling Hill Rest Area Westbound: 15.4 mi
Beaches: 2
  • River Beach: 16.7 mi
  • Public River Access, Fishing: 23.9 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Morgan Arts Council: 17.4 mi
  • Art: 19.7 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 21.5 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Bells Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dans RockWSW 258°883 m18.8 mi
Wolf RockWSW 255°832 m20.2 mi
Savage MountainNNW 330°813 m19.7 mi
Martin HillN 1°808 m13.9 mi
High PointSE 141°789 m17.4 mi
Big Savage MountainNW 306°782 m18.3 mi
Loar HillW 267°771 m17.2 mi
Bearwallow MountainNW 323°762 m19.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5119:26
June solstice05:4720:0620:46
September equinox07:0218:3819:13
December solstice07:3216:1116:54

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313442546371767467554435
Precip in2.82.43.43.44.23.93.73.43.52.82.63.1

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 583149 — Bells Hill, Allegany County, Maryland.

OpenStreetMap element node/358238146

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