Hawks Hill
Hawks Hill rises to 287 m in Maryland. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Chestnut Grove Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 1.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31599514, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 287 m
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 0.7 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 5.1 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
- 7.2 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
Overlooks nearby
- Georgians Overlook · 4 mi
- Stone Fort · 4 mi
- Weverton Cliffs · 5 mi
- White Rocks · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chestnut Grove Park: 0.3 mi
- Antietam Dargan Community Park: 2.1 mi
- Mount Briar Wetlands Reserve: 3.0 mi
- Burkittsville Memorial Park: 4.5 mi
- Huckleberry Hill: 4.9 mi
- Memorial Plaque to the Provisional Army of the United States of America: 1.5 mi
- William McKinley Coffee Break Monument: 3.6 mi
- 11 Connecticut Volunteers: 3.6 mi
- 12th OH: 3.6 mi
- 16th CT: 3.6 mi
- Red Hill: 3.6 mi
- Maryland Heights: 4.2 mi
- Huckleberry Hill: 4.6 mi
- Ferry Hill: 5.4 mi
- Lambs Knoll: 5.4 mi
- Lock 37: 1.8 mi
- Antietam Creek Aqueduct: 2.3 mi
- Lock 34: 5.0 mi
- Lock 35: 5.0 mi
- Lock 39: 5.0 mi
- Gathland State Park Museum: 3.7 mi
- South Mountain Heritage Society: 4.3 mi
- Hagerstown Model Railroad Museum at Antietam Station: 4.8 mi
- Civil War Medical Museum: 5.2 mi
- Pry House Field Hospital Museum: 5.2 mi
- Brownsville Pond Fish Management Area: 2.8 mi
- McClellan's Lookup Fire Tower: 3.5 mi
- Lambs Knoll Fire Tower: 5.4 mi
- Woodpecker Woods Wildlife Santuary: 5.5 mi
- Antietam National Battlefield: 6.8 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 12.2 mi
- Spire: 15.7 mi
- Water Lily Swirl: 15.9 mi
- Water Lily Wave: 15.9 mi
- Claire McCardell: 16.2 mi
- Annapolis Rock Spring: 12.2 mi
- Bootjack Spring: 12.6 mi
- Cooper Springs: 12.9 mi
- Kanawha Spring: 13.2 mi
- Spout Spring: 14.0 mi
- Dargan Bend: 3.1 mi
- Public Grills & Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
- Nolands Ferry: 16.0 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
- Four Square Garden: 8.0 mi
- Native Pollinator Meadow: 17.9 mi
- Demonstration Garden: 22.1 mi
- Poolesville Community Garden: 23.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 24.6 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 10.3 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 14.8 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center at Clear Brook: 24.4 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 3.5 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 20.3 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 14.4 mi
- River Access: 20.2 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 12.4 mi
- Harmony Grove: 16.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Hawks Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quirauk Mountain | NNE 27° | 654 m | 22.9 mi |
| Catoctin Mountain | NE 37° | 572 m | 21.4 mi |
| Salamander Rock | NE 44° | 562 m | 16.9 mi |
| High Rock | NNE 26° | 559 m | 22.6 mi |
| Black Rock | NNE 26° | 549 m | 13.3 mi |
| Annapolis Rock | NNE 28° | 538 m | 12.3 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | NE 53° | 536 m | 5.4 mi |
| Bob's Hill | NE 44° | 535 m | 19.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:09 | 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 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sharpsburg 5 S, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358238970
Day trips start here
- Sharpsburg · 4 mi
- Harpers Ferry · 5 mi
- Shepherdstown · 6 mi
- Brunswick · 7 mi
- Boonsboro · 8 mi
- Middletown · 9 mi
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