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Pond Hill

Pond Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Pond Hill rises to 552 m in Maryland. Black Rock stands 963 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Gary A Yoder Fish Management Area, a nature reserve 1.7 miles away. Mountain Maryland Byway passes 3.5 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America; GeoNames ID = 4365851

Wikidata Q31600225, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
552 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.47788, -78.97513

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • North End Playground: 2.5 mi
  • West End Playground: 2.6 mi
  • Laffey Park: 2.8 mi
  • Sally Burnside Park: 2.8 mi
  • Mill Meadow Park: 3.0 mi
Historic sites: 22
Museums: 21
Attractions: 6
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 4
Artworks: 2
  • Art: 12.8 mi
  • Blind Skier and Camper Art Installation: 20.3 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Public River Access, Fishing: 14.3 mi
  • River Beach: 16.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • US-219 Cove Overlook Rest Area: 21.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Baughman Spring: 24.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Pond Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black RockSW 218°963 m11.8 mi
PinnacleSW 220°950 m8.6 mi
Big Savage MountainNW 305°913 m7.9 mi
High RockNW 305°910 m7.9 mi
Meadow MountainWNW 297°904 m14.0 mi
Saint John RockN 2°890 m13.2 mi
Dans RockNNE 30°883 m8.3 mi
Elbow MountainNNW 329°859 m8.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5319:28
June solstice05:5020:0720:47
September equinox07:0418:3919:15
December solstice07:3316:1416:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303341526170757366544334
Precip in2.82.63.83.94.54.33.83.23.63.12.73.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Keyser 2 SSW, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358241601

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