Nicodemus Heights
Nicodemus Heights rises to 152 m in Maryland. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is 15th MA, a historic site 0.6 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 0.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Maryland, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31600040, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 152 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 1.1 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 4.6 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
- 5.8 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
Overlooks nearby
- Georgians Overlook · 3 mi
- White Rocks · 7 mi
- Stone Fort · 10 mi
- Maryland Heights Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 15th MA: 0.6 mi
- 13th NJ: 0.6 mi
- 12th PA: 0.6 mi
- Indiana State Memorial: 0.6 mi
- New Jersey State Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Washington County Agricultural Education Center: 2.2 mi
- Taylor Park: 3.4 mi
- James Rumsey Park: 4.2 mi
- Shepherdstown Historic District: 4.5 mi
- Devil’s Backbone Park: 4.5 mi
- Hauser Ridge: 0.7 mi
- Red Hill: 3.8 mi
- Ferry Hill: 3.8 mi
- Devils Backbone: 5.2 mi
- Hawks Hill: 6.4 mi
- Antietam National Battlefield Visitors Center: 1.1 mi
- Washington County Rural Heritage Museum: 2.2 mi
- Hagerstown Model Railroad Museum at Antietam Station: 2.4 mi
- Pry House Field Hospital Museum: 2.5 mi
- Civil War Medical Museum: 2.5 mi
- Lock 40: 1.1 mi
- Lock 39: 3.1 mi
- Lock 38 Path: 4.0 mi
- Little House: 4.5 mi
- Antietam Creek Aqueduct: 4.7 mi
- McClellan's Lookup Fire Tower: 4.0 mi
- Yankauer Nature Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Lambs Knoll Fire Tower: 7.5 mi
- Antietam National Battlefield: 7.6 mi
- Brownsville Pond Fish Management Area: 8.8 mi
- Annapolis Rock Spring: 9.9 mi
- Bootjack Spring: 14.3 mi
- Spout Spring: 15.2 mi
- Raven Rock Spring: 17.9 mi
- Cooper Springs: 18.2 mi
- Saint Maria Goretti: 13.1 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 14.1 mi
- Spire: 19.0 mi
- Water Lily Swirl: 19.2 mi
- Water Lily Wave: 19.2 mi
- Dargan Bend: 8.4 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
- Public Grills & Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- Nolands Ferry: 22.0 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 19.2 mi
- Beach Front: 22.0 mi
- River Access: 24.7 mi
- Four Square Garden: 2.2 mi
- Native Pollinator Meadow: 23.8 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 2.9 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 18.4 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 8.5 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 8.7 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 14.9 mi
- Clermont Crag: 22.6 mi
- Harmony Grove: 19.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Nicodemus Heights. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quirauk Mountain | NE 42° | 654 m | 19.6 mi |
| Hearthstone Mountain | NW 324° | 616 m | 19.4 mi |
| Catoctin Mountain | NE 54° | 572 m | 19.2 mi |
| Salamander Rock | ENE 66° | 562 m | 15.7 mi |
| High Rock | NE 41° | 559 m | 19.2 mi |
| Black Rock | NE 55° | 549 m | 10.5 mi |
| Pinkerton Knob | W 281° | 549 m | 20.2 mi |
| Annapolis Rock | ENE 59° | 538 m | 9.9 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 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1714152 — Nicodemus Heights, Washington County, Maryland.
OpenStreetMap element node/358253035
Day trips start here
- Sharpsburg · 2 mi
- Shepherdstown · 4 mi
- Boonsboro · 6 mi
- Washington County · 8 mi
- Hagerstown · 11 mi
- Harpers Ferry · 11 mi
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