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Burns Knob

Burns Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Burns Knob rises to 445 m in Pennsylvania. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the south, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Curve Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 11 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wikidata Q49016911, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
445 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.78009, -77.51888

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Pine Hill Recreation Area: 2.4 mi
  • Red Run Park: 2.8 mi
  • Solit farm: 3.0 mi
  • Old Benjamin Tenis Courts: 3.0 mi
  • Old Banjamin Flagpoles: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 41
  • Renfrew Farm & Museum: 3.3 mi
  • Monterey Pass Battlefield Museum: 3.6 mi
  • Frederick County Fire Museum: 11.5 mi
  • Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Visitor Center: 11.7 mi
  • Hagerstown Aviation Museum: 12.1 mi
Springs: 24
  • Browns Spring: 3.5 mi
  • Pearl Spring: 3.9 mi
  • Travelers Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Chestnut Spring: 4.1 mi
  • Fountaindale Spring: 6.7 mi
Attractions: 17
  • Sachs Covered Bridge: 12.9 mi
  • John Eisenhower Bridge: 13.3 mi
  • Children's Village of Washington County: 14.2 mi
  • Catoctin Furnace: 14.4 mi
  • Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 14.5 mi
Artworks: 13
  • 42 West: 3.6 mi
  • Penn State Mont Alto Nittany Lion Shrine: 4.4 mi
  • St. Francis: 10.9 mi
  • Fr. John Dubois: 11.1 mi
  • Saint Maria Goretti: 13.1 mi
Nature reserves: 11
Picnic sites: 6
  • Owens Creek Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
  • Founder's Plaza: 11.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
Gardens: 4
Rest areas: 4
  • Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 12.0 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 18.0 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 18.1 mi
  • I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 22.0 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Beach Front: 3.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Burns Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Quirauk MountainS 177°654 m5.8 mi
Snowy MountainNNE 19°637 m4.0 mi
Buzzard PeakNE 43°593 m3.7 mi
The KnobNE 38°573 m6.4 mi
Catoctin MountainSSE 163°572 m9.5 mi
Rocky MountainN 7°570 m5.6 mi
Pivot RockN 8°563 m5.8 mi
High RockS 182°559 m5.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4320:0220:42
September equinox06:5818:3319:09
December solstice07:2916:0616:49

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283037495967717063524233
Precip in3.72.94.44.24.74.63.93.95.14.13.33.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S MTN, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357279204

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