Fairview Mountain
Fairview Mountain rises to 505 m in Maryland. Big Mountain stands 740 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Boyd Mountain Pond Heritage Conservation Fund Site, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 0.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Maryland, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31599233, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 505 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 2.1 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 6.5 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
- 17.4 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Devils Nose · 8 mi
- Prospect Overlook · 16 mi
- Sideling Hill Viewpoint · 17 mi
- Georgians Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Clear Spring Park: 1.9 mi
- Hedgesville Park: 7.1 mi
- 9-11 Memorial: 7.2 mi
- Hedgesville Historic District: 7.2 mi
- Harlan Spring Historic District: 7.4 mi
- Fort Frederick: 3.6 mi
- March 17 1936 High Water Mark: 4.0 mi
- Sleepy Creek Post Office: 6.1 mi
- Stumpy's Hollow Historical Monument: 7.9 mi
- Doubleday Hill Monument: 8.6 mi
- Boyd Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Abe Mills Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Gillians Knob: 2.2 mi
- Johnson Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Moore Knob: 3.6 mi
- CCC museum: 3.7 mi
- Hancock Museum: 11.7 mi
- Railroad Museum: 12.5 mi
- Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum: 12.5 mi
- Mansion House Art Center: 12.6 mi
- Boyd Mountain Pond Heritage Conservation Fund Site: 0.6 mi
- Conservation Easement East of Indian Springs Wildlife Management Area: 4.6 mi
- Sweeney, Carl and Rebecca Conservation: 9.4 mi
- Yankauer Nature Preserve: 12.6 mi
- Round Top Hill Heritage Conservation Fund Site: 14.0 mi
- Junior Officer's Quarters: 3.6 mi
- Captain's Quarters: 3.6 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 12.9 mi
- Children's Village of Washington County: 15.2 mi
- Lock 40: 15.5 mi
- Big Spring: 13.4 mi
- Reese Spring: 13.5 mi
- Lord Fairfax Spring: 14.0 mi
- Tayamentasachta Spring: 15.7 mi
- Moss Spring: 16.4 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 8.1 mi
- Sideling Hill Rest Area Eastbound: 17.1 mi
- Sideling Hill Rest Area Westbound: 17.1 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 21.3 mi
- The Lockings: 9.0 mi
- Lovers Leap: 12.3 mi
- The Little Point: 22.4 mi
- Saint Maria Goretti: 13.1 mi
- Morgan Arts Council: 13.8 mi
- 42 West: 21.9 mi
- Jarrett Falls: 16.7 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 19.1 mi
- Four Square Garden: 15.6 mi
- Dargan Bend: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Fairview Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Mountain | N 5° | 740 m | 20.4 mi |
| Emmaville Mountain | NW 321° | 690 m | 21.4 mi |
| Cacapon 2 | WSW 246° | 673 m | 20.0 mi |
| Cross Mountain | NNW 347° | 627 m | 5.2 mi |
| The Lockings | WNW 304° | 618 m | 21.1 mi |
| Hearthstone Mountain | N 357° | 616 m | 3.9 mi |
| Parnell Knob | NNE 17° | 614 m | 18.9 mi |
| Sleepy Creek Mountain | SW 221° | 580 m | 18.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:48 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 20:03 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 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 | 32 | 34 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Martinsburg 2, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358238732
Day trips start here
- Hedgesville · 7 mi
- Washington County · 9 mi
- Hancock · 12 mi
- Hagerstown · 13 mi
- Mercersburg · 13 mi
- Martinsburg · 14 mi
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