High Knob
High Knob rises to 472 m in Maryland. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Civilian Conservation Corps, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 2.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America; GeoNames ID = 4628481
Wikidata Q31599552, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 472 m
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 4.4 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 2.3 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 9.6 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Middletown Overlook · 1 mi
- White Rocks · 7 mi
- Shock Rock · 11 mi
- Chimney Rock · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ridge Hill: 1.8 mi
- Jigger Hill: 2.3 mi
- Miller Hill: 3.8 mi
- Lambs Knoll: 7.1 mi
- Lambs Knoll: 7.1 mi
- Shookstown Park: 2.1 mi
- Middletown Park: 2.2 mi
- Fountaindale Park: 2.4 mi
- Whittier Lake Park: 2.5 mi
- Middletown Recreational Park: 3.1 mi
- Old Cottage: 3.1 mi
- Hamburg Lookout Tower: 3.4 mi
- The Hodson Memorial: 4.9 mi
- World War II Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Korean War Veterans Memorial: 5.3 mi
- The Great Frederick Fair: 6.4 mi
- Walkersville Southern Railroad: 7.6 mi
- Best Stone Barn: 8.2 mi
- Best Secondary House: 8.2 mi
- Best House: 8.2 mi
- Schifferstadt Architectural Museum: 4.5 mi
- Children's Museum of Rose Hill Manor Park: 5.1 mi
- Museum of Frederick County History: 5.6 mi
- National Museum of Civil War Medicine: 5.7 mi
- South Mountain Heritage Society: 8.6 mi
- Middletown Watershed: 0.5 mi
- Antietam National Battlefield: 6.5 mi
- Lambs Knoll Fire Tower: 7.1 mi
- Brownsville Pond Fish Management Area: 10.5 mi
- Brunswick Pond Fish Management Area: 10.8 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 0.1 mi
- Spire: 5.4 mi
- WINDSWEPT: 5.6 mi
- Water Lily Swirl: 5.6 mi
- Water Lily Wave: 5.7 mi
- Bootjack Spring: 0.8 mi
- Spout Spring: 2.3 mi
- Annapolis Rock Spring: 8.5 mi
- Kanawha Spring: 13.4 mi
- Raven Rock Spring: 14.6 mi
- Public Grills & Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
- Dargan Bend: 14.7 mi
- Nolands Ferry: 14.8 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 7.1 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 7.4 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 17.7 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 19.5 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 20.6 mi
- Four Square Garden: 13.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 17.1 mi
- Poolesville Community Garden: 22.2 mi
- Native Pollinator Meadow: 25.0 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 1.2 mi
- Clermont Crag: 18.8 mi
- Harmony Grove: 5.2 mi
- Tartown: 24.8 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 11.8 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 12.6 mi
- Beach Front: 19.0 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of High Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quirauk Mountain | N 357° | 654 m | 16.2 mi |
| Catoctin Mountain | N 7° | 572 m | 13.0 mi |
| Salamander Rock | N 3° | 562 m | 7.9 mi |
| High Rock | N 355° | 559 m | 16.1 mi |
| Black Rock | NW 325° | 549 m | 9.4 mi |
| Annapolis Rock | NW 320° | 538 m | 8.6 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | W 262° | 536 m | 7.1 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | W 262° | 536 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:01 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:08 | 16:50 |
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 | 35 | 38 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 5.8 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Frederick Police Brks, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 590458 — High Knob, Frederick County, Maryland.
OpenStreetMap element node/358241541
Day trips start here
- Middletown · 3 mi
- Frederick County · 5 mi
- Frederick · 6 mi
- Boonsboro · 9 mi
- Brunswick · 12 mi
- Thurmont · 12 mi
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