Harpers Hill
Harpers Hill rises to 219 m in Pennsylvania. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Mason-Dixon Welcome Center, a rest area 3.0 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 1.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49035031, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 219 m
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 2.6 mi off the Old Main Streets
- 15.9 mi off the Mason and Dixon Byway
- 21.6 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
Overlooks nearby
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 4 mi
- Chimney Rock · 11 mi
- Middletown Overlook · 22 mi
- White Rocks · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Monsignor Hugh J Phillips Memorial: 3.0 mi
- 2nd US Cavalry Reg Rodenbough: 3.2 mi
- 1st US Cavalry Reg Lord: 3.2 mi
- 1st US Artillery Battery K Graham: 3.2 mi
- US HQ Cavalry Corps 1st Divivision Reserves Brigade Merritt: 3.2 mi
- Emmitsburg Memorial Park: 3.7 mi
- E. Eugene Myers Community Park: 4.1 mi
- Knott Athletic, Recreational and Convocational Complex: 5.5 mi
- Taneytown Memorial Park: 6.3 mi
- Carroll Commons Park: 6.6 mi
- Big Round Top: 4.2 mi
- Little Round Top: 4.6 mi
- Powers Hill: 5.8 mi
- McKee Hill: 5.9 mi
- McGinley Hill: 6.1 mi
- Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Visitor Center: 3.9 mi
- Frederick County Fire Museum: 3.9 mi
- Gettysburg Museum: 6.1 mi
- Ford Motor Company Fund Education Center: 6.1 mi
- Lincoln Train Museum: 6.4 mi
- Spangler's Spring: 6.4 mi
- Menchey’s Spring: 6.7 mi
- Fountaindale Spring: 7.4 mi
- Katelysine Spring: 7.6 mi
- Koontz Spring: 8.4 mi
- Fr. John Dubois: 5.7 mi
- St. Francis: 5.8 mi
- Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg: 6.1 mi
- Women's Memorial: 6.6 mi
- Return visit: 7.3 mi
- Frank Bentz Pond Fish Management Area: 11.3 mi
- Union Mills Reservoir Area: 15.3 mi
- Hahn Cooperative Wildlife Management Area: 15.5 mi
- Spiegle Cooperative Wildlife Management Area: 15.6 mi
- Caledonia State Park: 16.9 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 4.8 mi
- John Eisenhower Bridge: 4.8 mi
- Pumpkin Cannon: 11.4 mi
- Catoctin Furnace: 13.6 mi
- Walkersville Southern Railroad: 17.5 mi
- Founder's Plaza: 5.7 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
- Cape Horn Picnic Grove: 21.2 mi
- Public Grills & Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 3.0 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 22.7 mi
- Clermont Crag: 11.7 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 22.7 mi
- Tartown: 11.8 mi
- Harmony Grove: 20.3 mi
- Filbert/Diller Corner Garden: 15.0 mi
- 9-11 Memorial Garden: 16.7 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 4.8 mi
- Beach Front: 12.8 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 12.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Harpers Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quirauk Mountain | W 260° | 654 m | 13.4 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | WNW 301° | 637 m | 14.2 mi |
| Buzzard Peak | WNW 300° | 593 m | 12.6 mi |
| The Knob | NW 312° | 573 m | 12.8 mi |
| Catoctin Mountain | WSW 243° | 572 m | 12.1 mi |
| High Rock | W 260° | 559 m | 13.9 mi |
| Virginia Rock | WNW 286° | 545 m | 11.0 mi |
| Mount Newman | NW 321° | 544 m | 14.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:01 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:06 | 16:48 |
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 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Emmitsburg 2 SE, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1176565 — Harpers Hill, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357289570
Day trips start here
- Gettysburg · 7 mi
- Thurmont · 10 mi
- Catoctin Mountain Park · 12 mi
- Hanover · 16 mi
- Westminster · 18 mi
- Frederick County · 19 mi
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