High Rock
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High Rock rises to 559 m in Maryland. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the east, 0.5 miles off. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 7.2 miles off.
The story
Pen Mar is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Maryland, United States. It is one of the border towns in the United States with a portmanteau name. Located on the Mason–Dixon line, it is bordered to the north by the community of Pen Mar, Pennsylvania. The community came to prominence as a resort in the 20th century after the construction of Pen Mar Park by the Western Maryland Railway. While the resort has long been dismantled, the area still has some significance in Maryland, since it is the northern starting point for the Maryland section of the Appalachian Trail.
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Wikidata Q31599577, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 559 m
How to reach it
- 7.2 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 7.7 mi off the Old Main Streets
- 10.9 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 14.7 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Chimney Rock · 7 mi
- Middletown Overlook · 16 mi
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 16 mi
- White Rocks · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- High Rock: 0.1 mi
- Pen Mar Park: 1.7 mi
- Old Banjamin Flagpoles: 3.0 mi
- Red Run Park: 3.1 mi
- Old Benjamin Tenis Courts: 3.1 mi
- Quirauk Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Raven Rock: 1.8 mi
- Buzzard Knob: 2.5 mi
- Mount Dunlop: 2.9 mi
- Buzzards Roost: 4.1 mi
- Mason Dixon Line monument: 1.9 mi
- Valley View Manor: 4.0 mi
- Jacobs Church: 5.6 mi
- Black Rock Hotel: 8.9 mi
- St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta Statue: 8.9 mi
- Monterey Pass Battlefield Museum: 3.7 mi
- Renfrew Farm & Museum: 4.0 mi
- MARC Nature Center: 8.2 mi
- Museum of the Iron Worker: 9.3 mi
- Frederick County Fire Museum: 10.3 mi
- Catoctin Furnace: 9.2 mi
- Children's Village of Washington County: 10.2 mi
- Pumpkin Cannon: 10.5 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 11.3 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 11.3 mi
- Raven Rock Spring: 1.6 mi
- Browns Spring: 3.7 mi
- Fountaindale Spring: 7.1 mi
- Pearl Spring: 9.8 mi
- Travelers Spring: 9.9 mi
- 42 West: 5.2 mi
- St. Francis: 8.8 mi
- Fr. John Dubois: 9.1 mi
- Penn State Mont Alto Nittany Lion Shrine: 10.2 mi
- Saint Maria Goretti: 10.8 mi
- Frank Bentz Pond Fish Management Area: 7.3 mi
- A.M. Powell Hatchery Fish Management Area: 9.5 mi
- Sweeney, Carl and Rebecca Conservation: 15.1 mi
- Caledonia State Park: 15.1 mi
- Middletown Watershed: 15.8 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
- Founder's Plaza: 9.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 11.1 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 12.3 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 12.4 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 18.8 mi
- 9-11 Memorial Garden: 10.2 mi
- Four Square Garden: 17.1 mi
- Peace Garden: 24.0 mi
- Clermont Crag: 3.4 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 17.2 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 5.2 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 20.2 mi
- Tartown: 9.4 mi
- Harmony Grove: 17.9 mi
- Beach Front: 3.1 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 14.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of High Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quirauk Mountain | E 79° | 654 m | 0.5 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | N 9° | 637 m | 9.8 mi |
| Buzzard Peak | NNE 18° | 593 m | 9.0 mi |
| The Knob | NNE 21° | 573 m | 11.7 mi |
| Catoctin Mountain | SE 137° | 572 m | 4.4 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | N 4° | 570 m | 11.5 mi |
| Pivot Rock | N 5° | 563 m | 11.7 mi |
| Salamander Rock | SSE 167° | 562 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:07 | 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 | 30 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Smithsburg 2NW, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 590463 — High Rock, Washington County, Maryland.
OpenStreetMap element node/358241542
Day trips start here
- Catoctin Mountain Park · 4 mi
- Thurmont · 7 mi
- Hagerstown · 11 mi
- Boonsboro · 15 mi
- Frederick County · 17 mi
- Washington County · 17 mi
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