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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

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
Peaks
Nature reserves: 23
Museums: 16
  • 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
Historic sites: 16
  • Masonry Overfall: 7.9 mi
  • B'er Chayim Congregation: 8.1 mi
  • Steam Pump: 8.2 mi
  • National Road Monument: 8.3 mi
  • First Toll Gate House: 13.0 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
Attractions: 4
Cliffs: 3
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 20.0 miles of Betsy Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sampson RockWNW895 m17.6 mi
Saint John RockW890 m19.2 mi
Dans RockWSW883 m16.0 mi
Little Savage MountainWNW859 m17.5 mi
Wolf RockWSW832 m17.5 mi
Gravel HillW819 m20.0 mi
Savage MountainNNW813 m17.9 mi
Martin HillNNE808 m13.8 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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