Catoctin Mountain
Catoctin Mountain rises to 572 m in Maryland. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the northwest, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Chestnut Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.6 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 2.9 miles off.
The story
Catoctin Mountain, along with the geologically associated Bull Run Mountains, forms the easternmost mountain ridge of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which are in turn a part of the Appalachian Mountains range. The ridge runs northeast–southwest for about 50 miles (80 km) departing from South Mountain near Emmitsburg, Maryland, and running south past Leesburg, Virginia, where it disappears into the Piedmont in a series of low-lying hills near New Baltimore, Virginia. The ridge forms the eastern rampart of the Loudoun and Middletown valleys.
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Wikidata Q5053826, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 572 m
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 3.4 mi off the Old Main Streets
- 13.0 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 13.9 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Chimney Rock · 2 mi
- Middletown Overlook · 13 mi
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 15 mi
- White Rocks · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Valley View Manor: 1.2 mi
- Ironmaster's House: 4.9 mi
- Mason Dixon Line monument: 5.4 mi
- The Good Shepherd: 6.3 mi
- St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta Statue: 6.3 mi
- Wolf Rock: 1.8 mi
- Chimney Rock: 2.2 mi
- Cat Rock: 2.4 mi
- Piney Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Bob's Hill: 3.4 mi
- Thurmont Park: 3.2 mi
- Mechanicstown Square Park: 3.4 mi
- Ice Plant Park: 3.5 mi
- Eyler Road Recreation Area: 3.5 mi
- Thurmont Memorial Park: 3.5 mi
- Museum of the Iron Worker: 5.1 mi
- Monterey Pass Battlefield Museum: 6.2 mi
- Frederick County Fire Museum: 8.2 mi
- Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Visitor Center: 8.2 mi
- Renfrew Farm & Museum: 8.3 mi
- Catoctin Furnace: 4.9 mi
- Pumpkin Cannon: 6.1 mi
- Children's Village of Washington County: 11.9 mi
- Walkersville Southern Railroad: 12.7 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 13.6 mi
- Raven Rock Spring: 3.5 mi
- Browns Spring: 6.3 mi
- Fountaindale Spring: 7.2 mi
- Annapolis Rock Spring: 9.5 mi
- Spout Spring: 10.8 mi
- St. Francis: 6.3 mi
- Fr. John Dubois: 6.5 mi
- 42 West: 9.5 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 12.9 mi
- Saint Maria Goretti: 13.8 mi
- Frank Bentz Pond Fish Management Area: 2.9 mi
- A.M. Powell Hatchery Fish Management Area: 10.0 mi
- Middletown Watershed: 12.7 mi
- Antietam National Battlefield: 14.7 mi
- Lambs Knoll Fire Tower: 16.3 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 1.1 mi
- Founder's Plaza: 6.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
- Public Grills & Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 9.1 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 11.1 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 11.1 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 20.7 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 24.5 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 1.2 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 19.7 mi
- Clermont Crag: 6.1 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 13.9 mi
- Tartown: 11.9 mi
- Harmony Grove: 13.9 mi
- 9-11 Memorial Garden: 14.0 mi
- Four Square Garden: 17.4 mi
- Beach Front: 6.5 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 14.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Catoctin Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quirauk Mountain | NW 323° | 654 m | 4.1 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | N 353° | 637 m | 12.9 mi |
| Buzzard Peak | N 359° | 593 m | 11.8 mi |
| Salamander Rock | SSW 193° | 562 m | 5.1 mi |
| High Rock | NW 317° | 559 m | 4.4 mi |
| Black Rock | SW 233° | 549 m | 8.7 mi |
| Virginia Rock | N 1° | 545 m | 8.6 mi |
| Annapolis Rock | SW 229° | 538 m | 9.4 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, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358241493
Day trips start here
- Catoctin Mountain Park · 0 mi
- Thurmont · 3 mi
- Frederick County · 13 mi
- Boonsboro · 14 mi
- Hagerstown · 14 mi
- Middletown · 15 mi
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