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Mount Dunlop

Mount Dunlop, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Dunlop rises to 513 m in Pennsylvania. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the south-southwest, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Clermont Crag, a cliff 0.5 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 7.5 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wikidata Q49052522, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
513 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.72898, -77.48943

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Old Banjamin Flagpoles: 1.1 mi
  • Solit farm: 1.1 mi
  • Old Benjamin Tenis Courts: 1.1 mi
  • Pen Mar Park: 1.3 mi
  • Pine Hill Recreation Area: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Mason Dixon Line monument: 1.2 mi
  • Valley View Manor: 4.7 mi
  • Jacobs Church: 7.1 mi
  • St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta Statue: 7.8 mi
  • Monsignor Hugh J. Phillips: 7.8 mi
Peaks
Museums: 47
  • Monterey Pass Battlefield Museum: 0.8 mi
  • Renfrew Farm & Museum: 3.9 mi
  • Frederick County Fire Museum: 8.8 mi
  • Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Visitor Center: 8.9 mi
  • Museum of the Iron Worker: 10.8 mi
Springs: 22
  • Browns Spring: 0.8 mi
  • Raven Rock Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Fountaindale Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Pearl Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Travelers Spring: 7.8 mi
Artworks: 19
  • 42 West: 5.1 mi
  • St. Francis: 7.7 mi
  • Fr. John Dubois: 8.0 mi
  • Penn State Mont Alto Nittany Lion Shrine: 8.3 mi
  • Saint Maria Goretti: 13.0 mi
Attractions: 18
  • Catoctin Furnace: 10.6 mi
  • Pumpkin Cannon: 11.2 mi
  • Sachs Covered Bridge: 12.3 mi
  • John Eisenhower Bridge: 12.7 mi
  • Children's Village of Washington County: 13.0 mi
Nature reserves: 11
Picnic sites: 6
  • Owens Creek Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
  • Founder's Plaza: 8.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
Gardens: 4
Rest areas: 4
  • Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 9.5 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 15.1 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 15.3 mi
  • I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 21.4 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Beach Front: 1.0 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Mount Dunlop. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Quirauk MountainSSW 209°654 m2.6 mi
Snowy MountainN 358°637 m7.3 mi
Buzzard PeakN 9°593 m6.3 mi
The KnobNNE 16°573 m8.9 mi
Catoctin MountainSSE 168°572 m5.7 mi
Rocky MountainN 354°570 m9.1 mi
Pivot RockN 355°563 m9.3 mi
Salamander RockS 180°562 m10.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4320:0120:42
September equinox06:5818:3319:09
December solstice07:2816:0716:49

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313342546370747266564536
Precip in3.83.04.44.04.94.23.74.05.34.13.73.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Catoctin MTN Park, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357321748

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