Haystack Mountain
Haystack Mountain rises to 520 m in Maryland. High Rock stands 910 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Lavale Community Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 0.8 miles off.
The story
Haystack Mountain is a mountain ridge in the Ridge and Valley region of the Appalachian Mountains, located in western Maryland just west of the city of Cumberland. The mountain forms the southern wall of the Cumberland Narrows.
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Wikidata Q5687251, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 520 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 2.9 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 3.2 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
- 20.4 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Warrior Mountain Overlook · 18 mi
- Banner's Overlook · 18 mi
- Monroe Run Valley · 21 mi
- Deep Creek Lake · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lavale Community Park: 0.7 mi
- Holly Field: 1.2 mi
- Lavale District Park: 1.4 mi
- Public Works Property: 1.6 mi
- County Fairgrounds: 1.7 mi
- Piney Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Loar Hill: 2.9 mi
- Federal Hill: 4.1 mi
- Hoffman Hill: 4.8 mi
- Dans Rock: 5.3 mi
- Miltenberger CREP Easement: 3.2 mi
- Wills Mountain State Park: 4.0 mi
- Dan's Rock Fire Tower: 5.3 mi
- Evitts Creek Pond Fish Management Area: 5.8 mi
- Fagan CREP Easement: 8.2 mi
- F. Brooke Whiting House & Museum: 2.7 mi
- Gordon-Roberts House museum: 3.1 mi
- C. William Gilchrist Gallery and Museum: 3.2 mi
- Wills Creek Museum: 3.2 mi
- Allegany Museum: 3.4 mi
- First Toll Gate House: 1.8 mi
- National Road Monument: 3.3 mi
- B'er Chayim Congregation: 3.5 mi
- The Castle - built 1840: 5.6 mi
- Brownsville/Park Avenue Monument: 6.0 mi
- Lovers Leap: 3.4 mi
- St Johns rock scenic overlook: 8.1 mi
- Hanging Rocks: 16.4 mi
- Shelter Rocks: 21.0 mi
- Mountain View: 4.4 mi
- Ali Ghan Picnic Grounds: 5.8 mi
- Blankley Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- Sweet Root Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
- Spruce Forest Artisan Village: 17.7 mi
- eroded outcropping: 17.8 mi
- Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad: 18.9 mi
- Old Cherry Glade Meetinghouse: 23.5 mi
- River Beach: 16.8 mi
- Public River Access, Fishing: 20.2 mi
- Art: 5.7 mi
- Frankville: 20.6 mi
- Baughman Spring: 21.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Haystack Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Rock | WSW 248° | 910 m | 15.8 mi |
| Sampson Rock | NW 313° | 895 m | 7.9 mi |
| Saint John Rock | WNW 289° | 890 m | 8.3 mi |
| Dans Rock | SW 231° | 883 m | 5.3 mi |
| Little Savage Mountain | NW 323° | 859 m | 8.7 mi |
| Elbow Mountain | WSW 257° | 859 m | 13.1 mi |
| Bear Hill | W 261° | 849 m | 12.1 mi |
| Wolf Rock | SW 228° | 832 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:12 | 16:55 |
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 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cumberland 2, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358241540
Day trips start here
- Grantsville · 18 mi
- McHenry · 29 mi
- Somerset · 29 mi
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