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Little Savage Mountain

Little Savage Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Little Savage Mountain rises to 859 m in Pennsylvania. Mount Davis stands 979 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Mason-Dixon marker, a historic site 1.1 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 4.0 miles off.

The story

mountain in Maryland, United States of America

Wikidata Q31599820, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
859 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.73036, -78.91975

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites: 22
  • Mason-Dixon marker: 1.1 mi
  • The Castle - built 1840: 3.1 mi
  • Brownsville/Park Avenue Monument: 5.4 mi
  • buisness lot: 6.5 mi
  • First Toll Gate House: 7.3 mi
Nature reserves: 21
Museums: 16
  • Mount Savage Museum: 2.9 mi
  • Thrasher Carriage Museum: 5.1 mi
  • Frostburg Museum: 5.1 mi
  • Meyersdale Area Historical Society: 8.0 mi
  • F. Brooke Whiting House & Museum: 9.3 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Cliffs: 4
Artworks: 3
  • Art: 4.9 mi
  • Birdhouse: 21.0 mi
  • Blind Skier and Camper Art Installation: 24.6 mi
Attractions: 3
Springs: 3
  • Baughman Spring: 14.1 mi
  • White Sulphur Springs: 23.1 mi
  • Linng Water Spring: 25.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Little Savage Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DavisWNW 286°979 m14.2 mi
Baughman RocksWNW 288°961 m14.0 mi
Zehner HillW 266°914 m15.3 mi
Ringer HillW 272°903 m14.8 mi
Maust HillW 270°901 m14.9 mi
Vought RockWNW 296°898 m13.6 mi
Sampson RockSSW 198°895 m1.6 mi
Saint John RockSSW 211°890 m5.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5219:28
June solstice05:4920:0720:48
September equinox07:0418:3919:15
December solstice07:3416:1216:55

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262936485765696862514031
Precip in3.43.04.04.05.24.63.73.64.23.22.93.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Frostburg 2, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 590677 — Little Savage Mountain, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.

OpenStreetMap element node/357274648

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