Chimney Rock
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Chimney Rock rises to 432 m in Maryland. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the northwest, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Wolf Rock, a peak 0.4 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 0.8 miles off.
The story
prominent outcropping of a rock formation in Catoctin Mountain Park, United States
Wikidata Q31598951, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 432 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 1.2 mi off the Old Main Streets
- 13.4 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 14.0 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Middletown Overlook · 12 mi
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 15 mi
- White Rocks · 16 mi
- Georgians Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wolf Rock: 0.4 mi
- Cat Rock: 1.2 mi
- Catoctin Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Piney Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Bob's Hill: 2.5 mi
- Thurmont Park: 1.0 mi
- Mechanicstown Square Park: 1.2 mi
- Ice Plant Park: 1.3 mi
- Thurmont Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
- Eyler Road Recreation Area: 1.6 mi
- Valley View Manor: 2.8 mi
- Ironmaster's House: 3.2 mi
- The Good Shepherd: 5.4 mi
- St. John Marie Vianney: 5.5 mi
- Statue of Cardinal John Henry Newman: 5.5 mi
- Museum of the Iron Worker: 3.4 mi
- Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Visitor Center: 7.4 mi
- Frederick County Fire Museum: 7.5 mi
- Monterey Pass Battlefield Museum: 7.9 mi
- MARC Nature Center: 9.6 mi
- Catoctin Furnace: 3.3 mi
- Pumpkin Cannon: 3.9 mi
- Walkersville Southern Railroad: 10.8 mi
- Children's Village of Washington County: 13.6 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 14.3 mi
- Frank Bentz Pond Fish Management Area: 0.7 mi
- A.M. Powell Hatchery Fish Management Area: 11.3 mi
- Middletown Watershed: 11.8 mi
- Antietam National Battlefield: 14.7 mi
- Lambs Knoll Fire Tower: 16.2 mi
- Raven Rock Spring: 5.7 mi
- Fountaindale Spring: 7.8 mi
- Browns Spring: 8.0 mi
- Spout Spring: 9.7 mi
- Annapolis Rock Spring: 10.1 mi
- St. Francis: 5.5 mi
- Fr. John Dubois: 5.6 mi
- 42 West: 11.7 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 11.9 mi
- Spire: 14.8 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
- Founder's Plaza: 5.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
- Public Grills & Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 8.4 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 11.5 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 11.5 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 22.2 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 22.4 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 2.0 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 20.1 mi
- Clermont Crag: 7.8 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 12.8 mi
- Harmony Grove: 12.3 mi
- Tartown: 13.2 mi
- 9-11 Memorial Garden: 15.8 mi
- Four Square Garden: 18.3 mi
- Beach Front: 8.4 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 14.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Chimney Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quirauk Mountain | NW 318° | 654 m | 6.3 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | NNW 347° | 637 m | 14.6 mi |
| Buzzard Peak | N 351° | 593 m | 13.3 mi |
| Catoctin Mountain | NW 307° | 572 m | 2.2 mi |
| Salamander Rock | SW 219° | 562 m | 4.7 mi |
| High Rock | NW 314° | 559 m | 6.6 mi |
| Black Rock | WSW 246° | 549 m | 9.6 mi |
| Virginia Rock | N 350° | 545 m | 10.1 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 | 16:49 |
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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 589971 — Chimney Rock, Frederick County, Maryland.
OpenStreetMap element node/358241498
Day trips start here
- Thurmont · 1 mi
- Catoctin Mountain Park · 2 mi
- Frederick County · 11 mi
- Boonsboro · 14 mi
- Middletown · 14 mi
- Frederick · 15 mi
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