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Piney Mountain

Piney Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Piney Mountain rises to 524 m in Maryland. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the west-northwest, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Piney Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 1.8 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in the United States of America.

Wikidata Q31600189, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
524 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.66204, -77.42360

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Valley View Manor: 1.9 mi
  • The Good Shepherd: 3.8 mi
  • St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta Statue: 3.8 mi
  • Redmond Memorial: 3.9 mi
  • Monsignor Hugh J. Phillips: 3.9 mi
Parks
  • Roddy Road Park: 2.1 mi
  • Eyler Road Recreation Area: 2.2 mi
  • Mechanicstown Square Park: 2.7 mi
  • Ice Plant Park: 2.7 mi
  • Thurmont Park: 2.8 mi
Peaks
Museums: 50
  • Frederick County Fire Museum: 5.7 mi
  • Museum of the Iron Worker: 5.7 mi
  • Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Visitor Center: 5.8 mi
  • Monterey Pass Battlefield Museum: 6.0 mi
  • Renfrew Farm & Museum: 9.2 mi
Springs: 21
  • Raven Rock Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Fountaindale Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Browns Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Annapolis Rock Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Spout Spring: 12.1 mi
Artworks: 17
  • St. Francis: 3.8 mi
  • Fr. John Dubois: 4.0 mi
  • 42 West: 10.5 mi
  • Penn State Mont Alto Nittany Lion Shrine: 13.9 mi
  • Civilian Conservation Corps: 14.2 mi
Attractions: 17
  • Pumpkin Cannon: 5.5 mi
  • Catoctin Furnace: 5.6 mi
  • Sachs Covered Bridge: 12.2 mi
  • John Eisenhower Bridge: 12.5 mi
  • Walkersville Southern Railroad: 12.7 mi
Nature reserves: 16
Picnic sites: 4
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
  • Owens Creek Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
  • Founder's Plaza: 4.0 mi
  • Public Grills & Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 6.7 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 13.3 mi
  • I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 23.1 mi
  • Truck Rest Area: 24.0 mi
Gardens: 3
  • 9-11 Memorial Garden: 14.0 mi
  • Four Square Garden: 19.8 mi
  • Filbert/Diller Corner Garden: 24.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Beach Front: 6.8 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Piney Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Quirauk MountainWNW654 m5.3 mi
Snowy MountainNNW637 m12.5 mi
Buzzard PeakNNW593 m11.1 mi
The KnobN573 m13.3 mi
Catoctin MountainWSW572 m2.5 mi
Salamander RockSSW562 m6.9 mi
High RockWNW559 m5.7 mi
Virginia RockNNW545 m7.9 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 solstice07:2816:0716:49

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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 586554 — Piney Mountain, Frederick County, Maryland.

OpenStreetMap element node/358239907

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