Maryland Heights
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Maryland Heights rises to 444 m in Maryland. Paris Mountain stands 587 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is 30-Pounder Battery, a historic site 0.8 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 1.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31599910, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 444 m
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 1.4 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
- 2.6 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 10.2 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Maryland Heights Overlook · 1 mi
- Split Rock · 1 mi
- Jefferson Rock · 2 mi
- Weverton Cliffs · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 30-Pounder Battery: 0.8 mi
- Naval Battery: 1.0 mi
- Lockhouse 33: 1.2 mi
- B&O - Harpers Ferry Bollman Bridge: 1.4 mi
- John Brown Monument: 1.4 mi
- Harpers Ferry Children's Park: 1.7 mi
- Bolivar Community Park: 2.2 mi
- Huckleberry Hill: 2.2 mi
- Antietam Dargan Community Park: 2.6 mi
- Nell Boone Park: 3.5 mi
- Camp Hill: 1.8 mi
- Huckleberry Hill: 1.8 mi
- Buzzard Rock: 2.5 mi
- Loudoun Heights: 2.6 mi
- White Rock: 2.7 mi
- Lock 32: 1.2 mi
- Lock 34: 1.3 mi
- John Brown's Fort: 1.4 mi
- Harper House: The Mansion on the Hill: 1.5 mi
- Potoma Wayside: 1.5 mi
- White Hall Tavern: 1.4 mi
- Merriwether Lewis: 1.4 mi
- John Brown Museum: 1.4 mi
- Arsenal Square: 1.5 mi
- Civil War Museum: 1.5 mi
- Woodpecker Woods Wildlife Santuary: 2.1 mi
- Brownsville Pond Fish Management Area: 4.0 mi
- Brunswick Pond Fish Management Area: 5.6 mi
- McClellan's Lookup Fire Tower: 7.7 mi
- Lambs Knoll Fire Tower: 8.8 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 14.6 mi
- Confederate Soldier Statue: 16.7 mi
- Spire: 16.9 mi
- Water Lily Swirl: 17.0 mi
- Water Lily Wave: 17.1 mi
- Cooper Springs: 8.9 mi
- Potts Springs: 10.5 mi
- Harris Springs: 10.6 mi
- Kanawha Spring: 11.1 mi
- Bootjack Spring: 15.1 mi
- Dargan Bend: 2.1 mi
- Nolands Ferry: 14.1 mi
- Public Grills & Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
- Four Square Garden: 12.0 mi
- Native Pollinator Meadow: 13.7 mi
- Demonstration Garden: 18.0 mi
- Poolesville Community Garden: 20.9 mi
- butterfly Garden: 23.7 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 7.5 mi
- Pua Falls: 21.3 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 24.0 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 14.2 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 18.4 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center at Clear Brook: 22.4 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 10.5 mi
- River Access: 16.3 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 14.4 mi
- Harmony Grove: 18.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.8 miles of Maryland Heights. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paris Mountain | SSW 208° | 587 m | 24.1 mi |
| Salamander Rock | NE 37° | 562 m | 20.3 mi |
| Black Rock | NNE 22° | 549 m | 17.3 mi |
| Annapolis Rock | NNE 23° | 538 m | 16.3 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | NNE 33° | 536 m | 8.8 mi |
| Bob's Hill | NE 37° | 535 m | 22.5 mi |
| Pine Knob | NNE 25° | 518 m | 15.3 mi |
| Raven Rock | NNE 23° | 515 m | 24.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 20:01 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:09 | 16:51 |
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 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sharpsburg 5 S, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358241571
Day trips start here
- Harpers Ferry · 2 mi
- Brunswick · 5 mi
- Sharpsburg · 8 mi
- Shepherdstown · 8 mi
- Boonsboro · 12 mi
- Middletown · 12 mi
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