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Betsy Knob

Betsy Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Betsy Knob rises to 604 m in Maryland. Sampson Rock stands 895 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Warrior Mountain, a peak 1.9 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 6.1 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q31598536, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
604 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.64700, -78.60858

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Glendale Area Park: 4.6 mi
  • Oldtown Community Park: 7.0 mi
  • Constitution Park: 7.3 mi
  • Smith Park: 8.1 mi
  • C&O Canal Towpath: 8.2 mi
Nature reserves: 24
Historic sites: 20
  • Masonry Overfall: 7.9 mi
  • B'er Chayim Congregation: 8.1 mi
  • Steam Pump: 8.2 mi
  • Thomas Cresap: 8.3 mi
  • National Road Monument: 8.3 mi
Museums: 18
  • The Irvin Allen/Michael Cresap Museum: 7.3 mi
  • Allegany Museum: 8.3 mi
  • Wills Creek Museum: 8.4 mi
  • C. William Gilchrist Gallery and Museum: 8.5 mi
  • Gordon-Roberts House museum: 8.6 mi
Springs: 9
  • Dawson Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Natural Spring: 18.6 mi
  • A natural spring at the Central Trail: 18.6 mi
  • Lord Fairfax Spring: 20.2 mi
  • White Sulphur Springs: 21.9 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Cliffs: 4
Attractions: 4
Beaches: 2
  • River Beach: 16.4 mi
  • Public River Access, Fishing: 23.1 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Art: 16.7 mi
  • Morgan Arts Council: 20.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Sideling Hill Rest Area Eastbound: 18.1 mi
  • Sideling Hill Rest Area Westbound: 18.1 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 23.0 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Betsy Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sampson RockWNW 284°895 m17.6 mi
Saint John RockW 274°890 m19.2 mi
Dans RockWSW 254°883 m16.0 mi
Little Savage MountainWNW 289°859 m17.5 mi
Wolf RockWSW 251°832 m17.5 mi
Savage MountainNNW 338°813 m17.9 mi
Martin HillNNE 14°808 m13.8 mi
High PointSE 135°789 m19.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5119:27
June solstice05:4820:0620:46
September equinox07:0318:3819:13
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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 589749 — Betsy Knob, Allegany County, Maryland.

OpenStreetMap element node/358241466

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