Mount Ararat
Mount Ararat rises to 134 m in Maryland. Stony Hill stands 233 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is The Eye, a cliff 1.1 miles away. Lower Susquehanna Scenic Byway runs past it. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in Maryland, United States of America
Wikidata Q31598365, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 134 m
How to reach it
- On the Lower Susquehanna Scenic Byway
- 6.3 mi off the Mason and Dixon Byway
- 14.7 mi off the Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway, National
- 18.5 mi off the Horses and Hounds Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- King & Queen Seat · 18 mi
- Kilgore Falls · 19 mi
- Ma & Pa Trestle · 26 mi
- Loch Raven Dam · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Port Deposit Marina Park: 1.3 mi
- Rice Tot Lot & Dog Park: 1.8 mi
- Community Connecting Us Park: 1.9 mi
- Ice House Park: 2.1 mi
- Rock Run Park & Boat Launch: 2.4 mi
- Bainbridge: 1.4 mi
- VFW Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Bainbridge Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Snow's Battery: 1.6 mi
- John A.J. Creswell: 1.7 mi
- Mullins Park: 6.2 mi
- Rising Sun Pond Fish Management Area: 7.0 mi
- Caveat Forest Legacy Easement: 7.7 mi
- Camp Conowingo: 9.0 mi
- Dilks Forest Legacy Easement: 9.6 mi
- Hand: 2.4 mi
- Big Fish, School of Fish: 3.8 mi
- Eagle: 12.0 mi
- Hammering Heart: 13.7 mi
- Berrilicious (HoH): 14.2 mi
- Community Connecting Us - Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Polinator Garden: 4.0 mi
- Jen Alexander's Memorial Garden: 11.9 mi
- Evergreen Garden: 14.2 mi
- Gazebo Garden: 14.2 mi
- Mount Felix: 3.0 mi
- Foys Hill: 4.4 mi
- Cromleys Mountain: 7.2 mi
- Schoolhouse Hill: 7.6 mi
- Mountain Hill: 8.0 mi
- Bainbridge Museum: 1.7 mi
- Perryville Railroad Museum: 2.7 mi
- Susquehanna Museum at the Lock House: 2.8 mi
- Steppingstone Farm Museum: 2.8 mi
- Havre de Grace Colored School Museum & Cultural Center: 3.8 mi
- The Eye: 1.1 mi
- White Banks: 9.4 mi
- Wildcat Point: 11.0 mi
- Green Quarry: 11.1 mi
- ZP16: 21.4 mi
- Herrs Potato Chip Factory: 10.9 mi
- Sandy Hook Speedway: 12.0 mi
- Robert Fulton Birthplace: 14.8 mi
- Rudolph and Arthur Covered Bridge: 15.0 mi
- Deer Creek Rapids @ Rocks (Class III): 17.5 mi
- Garrett Island Beach: 2.2 mi
- Roachs Shore: 7.2 mi
- North East Beach Area: 8.8 mi
- Belcamp Beach: 12.0 mi
- Betterton Beach: 15.6 mi
- Deer Creek Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
- Wilson's Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- Rock Ridge Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- Hills Grove Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
- Lapidum: 2.3 mi
- Frenchtown: 13.2 mi
- Black Barren Spring: 11.1 mi
- Black Rock Spring: 18.7 mi
- Bethel Bridge Lighthouse (replica): 15.5 mi
- Kilgore Falls: 19.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Ararat. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Hill | NNW 349° | 233 m | 23.6 mi |
| Red Hill | NNW 333° | 192 m | 24.2 mi |
| Oak Hill | N 351° | 190 m | 24.9 mi |
| Cherry Hill | WSW 247° | 149 m | 20.7 mi |
| Mount Felix | SW 233° | 142 m | 3.0 mi |
| Face Rock | NW 322° | 136 m | 19.1 mi |
| Goat Hill | N 359° | 135 m | 8.8 mi |
| Mount Vista | WSW 245° | 131 m | 21.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:56 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:01 | 16:44 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 42 | 54 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Conowingo DAM, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 588894 — Mount Ararat, Cecil County, Maryland.
OpenStreetMap element node/358241018
Day trips start here
- Perryville · 2 mi
- Havre de Grace · 3 mi
- Aberdeen · 7 mi
- Oxford · 14 mi
- Bel Air · 15 mi
- Chesapeake City · 15 mi
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