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Marys Hill

Marys Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Marys Hill rises to 418 m in Pennsylvania. Snowy Mountain stands 637 m to the west, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is 6th US Cavalry Regiment hospital marker, a historic site 0.8 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 7.3 miles off.

The story

mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wikidata Q49048163, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
418 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.82926, -77.38360

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
Parks
  • Carroll Commons Park: 4.8 mi
  • Gettysburg Recreational Park: 7.7 mi
  • West Fields: 7.7 mi
  • Gettysburg Municipal Authority: 8.1 mi
  • Mont Alto State Park: 8.2 mi
Museums: 40
Springs: 24
  • Poplar Spring: 2.1 mi
  • Knob Springs: 3.7 mi
  • Fountaindale Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Katelysine Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Travelers Spring: 7.5 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Sachs Covered Bridge: 6.1 mi
  • John Eisenhower Bridge: 6.5 mi
  • Pumpkin Cannon: 16.5 mi
  • Catoctin Furnace: 17.3 mi
  • Children's Village of Washington County: 21.7 mi
Artworks: 14
  • Return visit: 8.1 mi
  • Women's Memorial: 8.2 mi
  • Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg: 8.5 mi
  • Penn State Mont Alto Nittany Lion Shrine: 8.5 mi
  • St. Francis: 10.2 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Picnic sites: 5
  • Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
  • Founder's Plaza: 10.3 mi
  • Owens Creek Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
Gardens: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 9.2 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 23.9 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
Cliffs: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Beach Front: 9.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Marys Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snowy MountainW 274°637 m5.9 mi
Buzzard PeakW 261°593 m4.7 mi
The KnobWNW 297°573 m3.6 mi
Rocky MountainWNW 288°570 m6.9 mi
Pivot RockWNW 290°563 m6.8 mi
Wigwam HillNNW 330°549 m8.8 mi
Virginia RockSW 228°545 m5.8 mi
Mount NewmanNW 326°544 m4.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:22
June solstice05:4220:0120:42
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2816:0616:49

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293138506069747265534234
Precip in3.52.74.04.14.43.94.13.94.94.03.33.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cashtown 1S, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1180518 — Marys Hill, Adams County, Pennsylvania.

OpenStreetMap element node/357296595

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