Bob's Hill
Bob's Hill rises to 535 m in Maryland. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the north-northwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Rock, a peak 1.1 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 1.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31598705, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 535 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 3.1 mi off the Old Main Streets
- 11.0 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 11.5 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Chimney Rock · 3 mi
- Middletown Overlook · 10 mi
- White Rocks · 14 mi
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Catoctin Wildlife Preserve & Zoo: 1.9 mi
- Thurmont Park: 2.9 mi
- Mechanicstown Square Park: 3.1 mi
- Thurmont Memorial Park: 3.2 mi
- Ice Plant Park: 3.2 mi
- Ironmaster's House: 1.9 mi
- Valley View Manor: 4.5 mi
- COVID-19 Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Hamburg Lookout Tower: 6.3 mi
- Old Cottage: 6.6 mi
- Black Rock: 1.1 mi
- Cat Rock: 1.3 mi
- Salamander Rock: 2.2 mi
- Chimney Rock: 2.5 mi
- Wolf Rock: 2.7 mi
- Museum of the Iron Worker: 2.1 mi
- MARC Nature Center: 7.8 mi
- Monterey Pass Battlefield Museum: 9.6 mi
- Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Visitor Center: 9.9 mi
- Frederick County Fire Museum: 9.9 mi
- Catoctin Furnace: 1.9 mi
- Pumpkin Cannon: 4.4 mi
- Walkersville Southern Railroad: 9.7 mi
- Children's Village of Washington County: 12.1 mi
- The Great Frederick Fair: 13.4 mi
- Raven Rock Spring: 6.0 mi
- Spout Spring: 7.5 mi
- Annapolis Rock Spring: 7.8 mi
- Bootjack Spring: 8.9 mi
- Browns Spring: 9.6 mi
- Frank Bentz Pond Fish Management Area: 2.4 mi
- Middletown Watershed: 9.4 mi
- A.M. Powell Hatchery Fish Management Area: 9.5 mi
- Antietam National Battlefield: 12.2 mi
- Lambs Knoll Fire Tower: 13.7 mi
- St. Francis: 8.0 mi
- Fr. John Dubois: 8.1 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 9.6 mi
- 42 West: 12.4 mi
- Spire: 13.0 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
- Founder's Plaza: 8.1 mi
- Public Grills & Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
- Dargan Bend: 22.0 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 9.0 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 10.8 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 20.5 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 21.8 mi
- Four Square Garden: 16.1 mi
- 9-11 Memorial Garden: 17.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 24.1 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 2.2 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 17.7 mi
- Clermont Crag: 9.4 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 10.6 mi
- Harmony Grove: 10.7 mi
- Tartown: 15.2 mi
- Beach Front: 9.7 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 16.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Bob's Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quirauk Mountain | NNW 338° | 654 m | 7.2 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | N 354° | 637 m | 16.3 mi |
| Buzzard Peak | N 358° | 593 m | 15.1 mi |
| Catoctin Mountain | N 356° | 572 m | 3.4 mi |
| Salamander Rock | SW 220° | 562 m | 2.2 mi |
| High Rock | NNW 334° | 559 m | 7.3 mi |
| Virginia Rock | N 359° | 545 m | 11.9 mi |
| Annapolis Rock | WSW 248° | 538 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:46 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 20:01 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:07 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 42 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Catoctin MTN Park, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358241474
Day trips start here
- Catoctin Mountain Park · 3 mi
- Thurmont · 3 mi
- Frederick County · 10 mi
- Boonsboro · 12 mi
- Middletown · 12 mi
- Frederick · 13 mi
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