Big Savage Mountain
Big Savage Mountain rises to 782 m in Pennsylvania. Mount Davis stands 979 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Allegheny Mountain, a peak 3.4 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 8.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49012758, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 782 m
How to reach it
- 8.8 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 6.4 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
- 10.7 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 25.4 mi off the Historic National Road - Pennsylvania, National
Overlooks nearby
- Warrior Mountain Overlook · 22 mi
- Banner's Overlook · 23 mi
- Monroe Run Valley · 25 mi
- Sideling Hill Viewpoint · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ellerslie Area Park: 6.0 mi
- Mount Savage Historic District: 7.3 mi
- Roadside Park: 8.4 mi
- Ort Field: 9.1 mi
- Fireman Field: 9.3 mi
- Little Allegheny Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Bearwallow Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Bald Knob: 6.1 mi
- Little Savage Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Sampson Rock: 7.9 mi
- Mason-Dixon marker: 6.3 mi
- The Castle - built 1840: 7.4 mi
- National Road Monument: 10.6 mi
- B'er Chayim Congregation: 10.6 mi
- First Toll Gate House: 10.9 mi
- Wills Mountain State Park: 8.7 mi
- Fagan CREP Easement: 9.5 mi
- State Game Lands Number 231: 10.6 mi
- Evitts Creek Pond Fish Management Area: 10.9 mi
- Miltenberger CREP Easement: 13.3 mi
- Mount Savage Museum: 7.2 mi
- F. Brooke Whiting House & Museum: 10.2 mi
- Meyersdale Area Historical Society: 10.3 mi
- Allegany Museum: 10.3 mi
- Gordon-Roberts House museum: 10.4 mi
- White Sulphur Springs: 16.6 mi
- Baughman Spring: 18.1 mi
- Linng Water Spring: 18.7 mi
- Black Spring: 21.2 mi
- Crystal Spring: 21.8 mi
- Mountain View: 7.4 mi
- Ali Ghan Picnic Grounds: 10.3 mi
- Blankley Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
- Sweet Root Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 9.3 mi
- St Johns rock scenic overlook: 11.4 mi
- Shelter Rocks: 18.1 mi
- Spruce Forest Artisan Village: 17.9 mi
- The Coffee Pot: 22.9 mi
- eroded outcropping: 24.5 mi
- Art: 10.6 mi
- Birdhouse: 19.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Big Savage Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Davis | W 268° | 979 m | 18.4 mi |
| Baughman Rocks | W 270° | 961 m | 18.1 mi |
| Vought Rock | W 275° | 898 m | 17.1 mi |
| Sampson Rock | SW 222° | 895 m | 7.9 mi |
| Saint John Rock | SW 220° | 890 m | 11.4 mi |
| Dans Rock | SSW 194° | 883 m | 15.1 mi |
| Cover Hill | NW 319° | 863 m | 14.3 mi |
| Little Savage Mountain | SW 227° | 859 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357277391
Day trips start here
- Grantsville · 19 mi
- Somerset · 20 mi
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