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McCarrys Knob

McCarrys Knob, seen from above at true elevation

McCarrys Knob rises to 511 m in Pennsylvania. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the south-southwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Kepner Knob, a peak 0.8 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 8.7 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wikidata Q49048555, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
511 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.79593, -77.44138

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Carroll Commons Park: 4.0 mi
  • Pine Hill Recreation Area: 4.8 mi
  • Solit farm: 5.3 mi
  • Old Benjamin Tenis Courts: 5.3 mi
  • Old Banjamin Flagpoles: 5.4 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 41
  • Monterey Pass Battlefield Museum: 4.5 mi
  • Renfrew Farm & Museum: 7.2 mi
  • Frederick County Fire Museum: 8.9 mi
  • Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Visitor Center: 9.1 mi
  • Seminary Ridge Museum, Gettysburg: 10.7 mi
Springs: 23
  • Knob Springs: 4.3 mi
  • Fountaindale Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Browns Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Poplar Spring: 4.8 mi
  • Travelers Spring: 5.3 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Sachs Covered Bridge: 8.8 mi
  • John Eisenhower Bridge: 9.2 mi
  • Pumpkin Cannon: 14.6 mi
  • Catoctin Furnace: 14.8 mi
  • Children's Village of Washington County: 17.9 mi
Artworks: 14
  • Penn State Mont Alto Nittany Lion Shrine: 6.2 mi
  • 42 West: 7.8 mi
  • St. Francis: 9.0 mi
  • Fr. John Dubois: 9.2 mi
  • Women's Memorial: 11.4 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Picnic sites: 6
  • Founder's Plaza: 9.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
  • Owens Creek Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
Gardens: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 9.1 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 20.4 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 20.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Beach Front: 5.3 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of McCarrys Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Quirauk MountainSSW 209°654 m7.8 mi
Snowy MountainNW 314°637 m3.9 mi
Buzzard PeakNW 315°593 m2.2 mi
The KnobN 358°573 m4.0 mi
Rocky MountainNW 322°570 m5.7 mi
Pivot RockNW 324°563 m5.8 mi
High RockSSW 212°559 m8.2 mi
Virginia RockSW 217°545 m2.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:22
June solstice05:4320:0120:42
September equinox06:5818:3319:09
December solstice07:2816:0616:49

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283037495967717063524233
Precip in3.72.94.44.24.74.63.93.95.14.13.33.8

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1201589 — McCarrys Knob, Adams County, Pennsylvania.

OpenStreetMap element node/357344522

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