Camp Hill
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Camp Hill rises to 164 m in West Virginia. Paris Mountain stands 587 m to the south-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Harpers Ferry Children's Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway runs past it. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Camp Hill is a summit in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, in the United States. With an elevation of 538 feet (164 m), Camp Hill is the 952nd highest summit in the state of West Virginia. Camp Hill was so named from the fact army men camped there in 1799.
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Wikidata Q31530383, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 164 m
How to reach it
- On the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- On the Washington Heritage Trail, National
- 4.1 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 10.9 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Jefferson Rock · 1 mi
- Maryland Heights Overlook · 1 mi
- Split Rock · 1 mi
- River Vista · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Harpers Ferry Children's Park: 0.1 mi
- Bolivar Community Park: 0.5 mi
- Huckleberry Hill: 1.5 mi
- Nell Boone Park: 2.6 mi
- Antietam Dargan Community Park: 3.7 mi
- Pulp Mill Ruins: 0.2 mi
- Cotton/Flour Mill Intake Arches: 0.3 mi
- Virginius Island Cotton/Flour Mill Ruins: 0.4 mi
- Saint Johns Episcopal Church: 0.5 mi
- Heyward Shepherd Monument: 0.6 mi
- Harper House: The Mansion on the Hill: 0.6 mi
- John Brown's Fort: 0.6 mi
- Lock 34: 0.6 mi
- Lock 35: 1.0 mi
- Lock 36: 1.1 mi
- Loudoun Heights: 1.1 mi
- Huckleberry Hill: 1.3 mi
- Maryland Heights: 1.8 mi
- White Rock: 2.7 mi
- Buzzard Rock: 2.8 mi
- Industry Museum: 0.6 mi
- Civil War Museum: 0.6 mi
- Frankel's Clothing Store: 0.6 mi
- Restoration Museum: 0.6 mi
- Merriwether Lewis: 0.6 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 16.3 mi
- Confederate Soldier Statue: 16.7 mi
- Leesburg Welcome Mural: 17.3 mi
- Velo Love: 17.6 mi
- Low-Poly Open Heart: 17.6 mi
- Woodpecker Woods Wildlife Santuary: 0.7 mi
- Brownsville Pond Fish Management Area: 5.8 mi
- Brunswick Pond Fish Management Area: 6.9 mi
- McClellan's Lookup Fire Tower: 9.1 mi
- Lambs Knoll Fire Tower: 10.5 mi
- Native Pollinator Meadow: 12.6 mi
- Four Square Garden: 13.1 mi
- Demonstration Garden: 16.4 mi
- Poolesville Community Garden: 21.3 mi
- butterfly Garden: 23.4 mi
- Cooper Springs: 7.3 mi
- Potts Springs: 9.0 mi
- Harris Springs: 9.0 mi
- Kanawha Spring: 11.9 mi
- Cool Spring: 14.4 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 15.8 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 15.9 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 19.0 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center at Clear Brook: 20.8 mi
- Dargan Bend: 2.8 mi
- Nolands Ferry: 14.8 mi
- Public Grills & Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 8.8 mi
- River Access: 14.6 mi
- River Access: 15.3 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 8.7 mi
- Pua Falls: 19.6 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 16.2 mi
- Harmony Grove: 20.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Camp Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paris Mountain | SSW 206° | 587 m | 22.5 mi |
| Salamander Rock | NE 38° | 562 m | 22.1 mi |
| Black Rock | NNE 24° | 549 m | 18.9 mi |
| Annapolis Rock | NNE 25° | 538 m | 17.9 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | NE 35° | 536 m | 10.5 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | NE 35° | 536 m | 10.5 mi |
| Bob's Hill | NE 38° | 535 m | 24.2 mi |
| Black Rock | NE 37° | 526 m | 23.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:09 | 16:52 |
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 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sharpsburg 5 S, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356535576
Day trips start here
- Harpers Ferry · 0 mi
- Brunswick · 6 mi
- Shepherdstown · 8 mi
- Sharpsburg · 9 mi
- Middletown · 13 mi
- Boonsboro · 14 mi
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