Pine Rock
Pine Rock rises to 346 m in Maryland. Catoctin Mountain stands 572 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Lock 29, a attraction 1.6 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 0.8 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31804900, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 346 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 0.9 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 4.3 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 7.6 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
Overlooks nearby
- Shock Rock · 1 mi
- Point of Rocks Overlook · 3 mi
- Weverton Cliffs · 8 mi
- West View · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lock 29: 1.6 mi
- Catoctin Aqueduct: 2.0 mi
- Lock 28: 2.5 mi
- Caboose: 5.2 mi
- Lock 30: 5.3 mi
- Point of Rocks: 2.6 mi
- Point of Rocks Community Commons Park: 2.9 mi
- Green Hill Park: 3.2 mi
- Jefferson park: 3.4 mi
- Springdale Regional Park: 3.9 mi
- Eastalco: 3.4 mi
- Gum Springs Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 6.4 mi
- Gold Star Families Memorial: 7.1 mi
- Frederick County: 7.5 mi
- Furnace Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Bald Mountain: 7.0 mi
- Jigger Hill: 8.0 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 8.2 mi
- Ridge Hill: 8.5 mi
- WINDSWEPT: 9.2 mi
- Spire: 9.3 mi
- Water Lily Swirl: 9.3 mi
- Water Lily Wave: 9.3 mi
- Claire McCardell: 9.6 mi
- Brunswick Pond Fish Management Area: 4.6 mi
- Brownsville Pond Fish Management Area: 8.4 mi
- Urbana Lake Fish Management Area: 10.1 mi
- Lambs Knoll Fire Tower: 10.5 mi
- Middletown Watershed: 10.6 mi
- Lovettsville Museum: 6.4 mi
- South Mountain Heritage Society: 7.5 mi
- Gathland State Park Museum: 8.5 mi
- Schifferstadt Architectural Museum: 9.3 mi
- National Museum of Civil War Medicine: 9.4 mi
- Nolands Ferry: 5.3 mi
- Public Grills & Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
- Dargan Bend: 11.7 mi
- Blue Sky Park: 15.4 mi
- Chickadee Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- Poolesville Community Garden: 13.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 13.9 mi
- Native Pollinator Meadow: 15.4 mi
- Four Square Garden: 17.8 mi
- butterfly Garden: 18.9 mi
- Kanawha Spring: 3.1 mi
- Bootjack Spring: 11.1 mi
- Spout Spring: 12.6 mi
- Cooper Springs: 14.6 mi
- Potts Springs: 15.7 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 9.5 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 24.9 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 24.9 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 14.1 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 22.1 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 23.1 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 15.0 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 15.3 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 18.6 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 16.8 mi
- River Access: 21.9 mi
- River Access: 22.7 mi
- Harmony Grove: 11.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pine Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catoctin Mountain | N 9° | 572 m | 23.3 mi |
| Salamander Rock | N 7° | 562 m | 18.2 mi |
| Black Rock | N 349° | 549 m | 18.2 mi |
| Annapolis Rock | NNW 348° | 538 m | 17.2 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | NNW 331° | 536 m | 10.5 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | NNW 331° | 536 m | 10.5 mi |
| Bob's Hill | N 11° | 535 m | 20.0 mi |
| Black Rock | N 9° | 526 m | 19.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:01 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:08 | 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 | 35 | 38 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 5.8 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Frederick Police Brks, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 586527 — Pine Rock, Frederick County, Maryland.
OpenStreetMap element node/358239868
Day trips start here
- Brunswick · 5 mi
- Frederick · 9 mi
- Middletown · 9 mi
- Harpers Ferry · 11 mi
- Frederick County · 13 mi
- Leesburg · 14 mi
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