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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: 20
  • 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: 20
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 DavisWNW979 m14.2 mi
Baughman RocksWNW961 m14.0 mi
Zehner HillW914 m15.3 mi
Ringer HillW903 m14.8 mi
Maust HillW901 m14.9 mi
Vought RockWNW898 m13.6 mi
Sampson RockSSW895 m1.6 mi
Saint John RockSSW890 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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