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Raven Rock

Raven Rock, seen from above at true elevation

Raven Rock rises to 515 m in Maryland. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the north-northeast, 2.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Raven Rock Spring, a spring 0.4 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 6.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
515 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.67065, -77.53221

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • High Rock: 1.7 mi
  • Pen Mar Park: 3.4 mi
  • Old Banjamin Flagpoles: 4.7 mi
  • Red Run Park: 4.8 mi
  • Old Benjamin Tenis Courts: 4.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Mason Dixon Line monument: 3.6 mi
  • Valley View Manor: 3.9 mi
  • Jacobs Church: 5.9 mi
  • Black Rock Hotel: 7.1 mi
  • Ironmaster's House: 8.0 mi
Museums: 43
Attractions: 31
  • Catoctin Furnace: 8.1 mi
  • Children's Village of Washington County: 9.0 mi
  • Pumpkin Cannon: 9.8 mi
  • Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 10.3 mi
  • Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 10.3 mi
Springs: 22
  • Raven Rock Spring: 0.4 mi
  • Browns Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Fountaindale Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Annapolis Rock Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Pearl Spring: 11.5 mi
Artworks: 16
  • 42 West: 6.4 mi
  • St. Francis: 9.4 mi
  • Fr. John Dubois: 9.6 mi
  • Saint Maria Goretti: 10.1 mi
  • Penn State Mont Alto Nittany Lion Shrine: 11.8 mi
Nature reserves: 15
Picnic sites: 7
  • Owens Creek Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
  • Founder's Plaza: 9.6 mi
  • Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
  • Public Grills & Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 10.5 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 10.7 mi
  • Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 11.9 mi
  • I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 17.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Gardens: 2
  • 9-11 Memorial Garden: 11.9 mi
  • Four Square Garden: 15.6 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Beach Front: 4.8 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Raven Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Quirauk MountainNNE 30°654 m2.1 mi
Snowy MountainN 10°637 m11.5 mi
Buzzard PeakNNE 18°593 m10.7 mi
The KnobNNE 20°573 m13.5 mi
Catoctin MountainESE 114°572 m3.8 mi
Rocky MountainN 6°570 m13.2 mi
Pivot RockN 6°563 m13.4 mi
Salamander RockSSE 160°562 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4719:22
June solstice05:4320:0220:42
September equinox06:5818:3319:09
December solstice07:2816:0716:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516170747265544335

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Smithsburg 2NW, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 591098 — Raven Rock, Washington County, Maryland.

OpenStreetMap element node/358241605

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