Quirauk Mountain
Quirauk Mountain rises to 654 m in Maryland. Snowy Mountain stands 637 m to the north, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is High Rock, a peak 0.5 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 6.8 miles off.
The story
Quirauk Mountain is the highest point on South Mountain. The 2,145-foot (654 m) peak is located in northeastern Washington County, Maryland. It lies just southwest of Fort Ritchie Military Reservation in the village of Cascade and about 1/2 mile southeast of the community of Blue Mountain. The Appalachian Trail and South Mountain State Park are about 1/2 mile to the west of the mountain's summit.
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Wikidata Q7272564, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 654 m
How to reach it
- 6.8 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 7.4 mi off the Old Main Streets
- 11.5 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 15.1 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Chimney Rock · 6 mi
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 16 mi
- Middletown Overlook · 16 mi
- White Rocks · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mason Dixon Line monument: 1.6 mi
- Valley View Manor: 3.6 mi
- Jacobs Church: 6.0 mi
- St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta Statue: 8.4 mi
- Monsignor Hugh J. Phillips: 8.4 mi
- High Rock: 0.5 mi
- Raven Rock: 2.1 mi
- Mount Dunlop: 2.6 mi
- Buzzard Knob: 2.8 mi
- Buzzards Roost: 3.7 mi
- High Rock: 0.6 mi
- Pen Mar Park: 1.4 mi
- Old Banjamin Flagpoles: 2.8 mi
- Old Benjamin Tenis Courts: 2.9 mi
- Solit farm: 2.9 mi
- Monterey Pass Battlefield Museum: 3.4 mi
- Renfrew Farm & Museum: 4.2 mi
- MARC Nature Center: 8.5 mi
- Museum of the Iron Worker: 9.1 mi
- Frederick County Fire Museum: 9.8 mi
- Raven Rock Spring: 1.8 mi
- Browns Spring: 3.4 mi
- Fountaindale Spring: 6.6 mi
- Pearl Spring: 9.7 mi
- Travelers Spring: 9.8 mi
- Catoctin Furnace: 9.0 mi
- Pumpkin Cannon: 10.2 mi
- Children's Village of Washington County: 10.7 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 11.8 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 14.4 mi
- 42 West: 5.4 mi
- St. Francis: 8.3 mi
- Fr. John Dubois: 8.6 mi
- Penn State Mont Alto Nittany Lion Shrine: 10.1 mi
- Saint Maria Goretti: 11.3 mi
- Frank Bentz Pond Fish Management Area: 7.0 mi
- A.M. Powell Hatchery Fish Management Area: 9.9 mi
- Caledonia State Park: 14.9 mi
- Sweeney, Carl and Rebecca Conservation: 15.6 mi
- Middletown Watershed: 15.9 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
- Founder's Plaza: 8.6 mi
- Public Grills & Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- 9-11 Memorial Garden: 10.2 mi
- Four Square Garden: 17.6 mi
- Peace Garden: 24.0 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 10.6 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 12.6 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 19.3 mi
- Clermont Crag: 3.1 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 17.2 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 5.0 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 20.6 mi
- Tartown: 9.1 mi
- Harmony Grove: 17.8 mi
- Beach Front: 2.8 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 14.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Quirauk Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowy Mountain | N 6° | 637 m | 9.6 mi |
| Buzzard Peak | NNE 15° | 593 m | 8.7 mi |
| The Knob | NNE 19° | 573 m | 11.4 mi |
| Catoctin Mountain | SE 143° | 572 m | 4.1 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | N 2° | 570 m | 11.3 mi |
| Pivot Rock | N 2° | 563 m | 11.6 mi |
| Salamander Rock | S 171° | 562 m | 8.4 mi |
| High Rock | W 259° | 559 m | 0.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:07 | 16:50 |
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 | 33 | 42 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Catoctin MTN Park, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 591089 — Quirauk Mountain, Washington County, Maryland.
OpenStreetMap element node/358241604
Day trips start here
- Catoctin Mountain Park · 4 mi
- Thurmont · 7 mi
- Hagerstown · 12 mi
- Boonsboro · 15 mi
- Frederick County · 17 mi
- Gettysburg · 17 mi
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