Devils Backbone
Devils Backbone rises to 156 m in Maryland. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Devil’s Backbone Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 1.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Maryland, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31599079, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 156 m
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 3.5 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 3.7 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 9.8 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Georgians Overlook · 7 mi
- White Rocks · 8 mi
- Middletown Overlook · 13 mi
- Stone Fort · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- World War 1: 4.1 mi
- 12th PA Cavalry: 4.8 mi
- Mansfield Mortally Wounded Here: 4.9 mi
- Mansfield Monument: 4.9 mi
- 1st New Jersey Brigade: 5.1 mi
- Devil’s Backbone Park: 0.7 mi
- Rose's Mill Park: 2.8 mi
- Washington County Agricultural Education Center: 3.1 mi
- Doubs Mill Historic District: 3.4 mi
- Boonsboro Historical Park: 3.4 mi
- Short Hill: 3.9 mi
- Nicodemus Heights: 5.2 mi
- Monument Knob: 5.4 mi
- Annapolis Rock: 5.7 mi
- Pine Knob: 5.8 mi
- Washington County Rural Heritage Museum: 3.1 mi
- Boonsboro Museum of History: 3.9 mi
- Pry House Field Hospital Museum: 5.0 mi
- Civil War Medical Museum: 5.0 mi
- Antietam National Battlefield Visitors Center: 5.5 mi
- Children's Village of Washington County: 5.1 mi
- Lock 40: 5.9 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 6.3 mi
- Lock 39: 8.3 mi
- Lock 38 Path: 9.2 mi
- Annapolis Rock Spring: 5.7 mi
- Bootjack Spring: 12.5 mi
- Raven Rock Spring: 12.8 mi
- Spout Spring: 12.9 mi
- Tayamentasachta Spring: 16.0 mi
- A.M. Powell Hatchery Fish Management Area: 4.6 mi
- McClellan's Lookup Fire Tower: 6.6 mi
- Antietam National Battlefield: 7.1 mi
- Lambs Knoll Fire Tower: 8.0 mi
- Yankauer Nature Preserve: 8.5 mi
- Saint Maria Goretti: 8.7 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 12.6 mi
- 42 West: 15.9 mi
- Spire: 18.0 mi
- Water Lily Swirl: 18.2 mi
- Dargan Bend: 12.8 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
- Public Grills & Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- Founder's Plaza: 20.9 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 5.5 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 8.1 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 23.6 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 13.6 mi
- Clermont Crag: 17.4 mi
- The Lockings: 24.3 mi
- Four Square Garden: 3.1 mi
- 9-11 Memorial Garden: 22.1 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 6.9 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 13.7 mi
- Beach Front: 16.8 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 24.1 mi
- Harmony Grove: 17.5 mi
- Tartown: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Devils Backbone. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quirauk Mountain | NE 45° | 654 m | 14.5 mi |
| Hearthstone Mountain | NW 309° | 616 m | 18.2 mi |
| Catoctin Mountain | ENE 61° | 572 m | 14.5 mi |
| Salamander Rock | E 80° | 562 m | 11.7 mi |
| High Rock | NE 44° | 559 m | 14.0 mi |
| Black Rock | ENE 73° | 549 m | 6.0 mi |
| Annapolis Rock | E 83° | 538 m | 5.7 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | SSE 149° | 536 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:47 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:08 | 16:51 |
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 | 42 | 53 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hagerstown 1 E, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358241510
Day trips start here
- Boonsboro · 4 mi
- Hagerstown · 7 mi
- Sharpsburg · 7 mi
- Washington County · 7 mi
- Shepherdstown · 10 mi
- Middletown · 11 mi
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