Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill rises to 178 m in West Virginia. Cacapon 2 stands 673 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Stumpy's Hollow Historical Monument, a historic site 3.1 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 0.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America; GeoNames ID = 5131838.
Wikidata Q31478575, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 178 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 4.3 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 4.8 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
- 12.6 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Devils Nose · 10 mi
- Georgians Overlook · 14 mi
- Prospect Overlook · 18 mi
- White Rocks · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stumpy's Hollow Historical Monument: 3.1 mi
- March 17 1936 High Water Mark: 4.5 mi
- Fort Frederick: 4.5 mi
- Doubleday Hill Monument: 5.1 mi
- Sleepy Creek Post Office: 10.0 mi
- Harlan Spring Historic District: 3.6 mi
- Dupont Soccer Complex: 3.8 mi
- Stonewall Jackson Monument: 4.0 mi
- Clear Spring Park: 4.2 mi
- Hedgesville Park: 4.6 mi
- Boyd Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Potato Hill: 4.4 mi
- Fairview Mountain: 5.0 mi
- High Knob: 5.2 mi
- Johnson Mountain: 5.6 mi
- CCC museum: 4.5 mi
- Belle Boyd House: 9.6 mi
- For the Kids by George Children's Museum: 9.6 mi
- Railroad Museum: 10.3 mi
- Mansion House Art Center: 10.4 mi
- Captain's Quarters: 4.5 mi
- Junior Officer's Quarters: 4.5 mi
- Lock 40: 10.6 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 10.7 mi
- Children's Village of Washington County: 12.5 mi
- Boyd Mountain Pond Heritage Conservation Fund Site: 4.3 mi
- Yankauer Nature Preserve: 7.6 mi
- Conservation Easement East of Indian Springs Wildlife Management Area: 8.1 mi
- Sweeney, Carl and Rebecca Conservation: 9.9 mi
- A.M. Powell Hatchery Fish Management Area: 15.0 mi
- Lord Fairfax Spring: 16.6 mi
- Tayamentasachta Spring: 16.6 mi
- Neglar Spring: 16.6 mi
- Annapolis Rock Spring: 17.4 mi
- Moss Spring: 17.4 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 4.0 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 17.5 mi
- Sideling Hill Rest Area Eastbound: 20.9 mi
- Sideling Hill Rest Area Westbound: 20.9 mi
- Saint Maria Goretti: 11.9 mi
- Morgan Arts Council: 16.4 mi
- 42 West: 21.3 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 24.4 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 14.3 mi
- Jarrett Falls: 21.5 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 24.1 mi
- Dargan Bend: 18.6 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
- The Lockings: 14.0 mi
- Lovers Leap: 15.8 mi
- Four Square Garden: 11.0 mi
- Beach Front: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cacapon 2 | W 259° | 673 m | 21.2 mi |
| Cross Mountain | NNW 338° | 627 m | 10.0 mi |
| Hearthstone Mountain | NNW 341° | 616 m | 8.6 mi |
| Sleepy Creek Mountain | WSW 237° | 580 m | 17.4 mi |
| Shockeys Knob | SW 229° | 567 m | 21.6 mi |
| Pinkerton Knob | WSW 252° | 549 m | 11.7 mi |
| Black Rock | E 95° | 549 m | 17.3 mi |
| Annapolis Rock | E 98° | 538 m | 17.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:48 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:09 | 16:52 |
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 | 32 | 34 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Martinsburg 2, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1545287 — Prospect Hill, Berkeley County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356520482
Day trips start here
- Hedgesville · 5 mi
- Washington County · 6 mi
- Martinsburg · 10 mi
- Hagerstown · 11 mi
- Sharpsburg · 13 mi
- Shepherdstown · 13 mi
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