Raven Rock Mountain
Raven Rock Mountain rises to 462 m in Pennsylvania. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the west-southwest, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Fountaindale Spring, a spring 1.0 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 5.2 miles off.
The story
mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America
Wikidata Q49066932, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 462 m
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 5.3 mi off the Old Main Streets
- 17.0 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 20.0 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Chimney Rock · 7 mi
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 10 mi
- Middletown Overlook · 19 mi
- White Rocks · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Haycock: 1.2 mi
- Tunnel Hill: 1.5 mi
- Jacks Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Pine Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Derr Hill: 2.5 mi
- Carroll Commons Park: 2.7 mi
- Pine Hill Recreation Area: 4.6 mi
- Solit farm: 4.6 mi
- Old Benjamin Tenis Courts: 4.7 mi
- Old Banjamin Flagpoles: 4.7 mi
- Mason Dixon Line monument: 4.8 mi
- St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta Statue: 4.9 mi
- Monsignor Hugh J. Phillips: 5.0 mi
- Redmond Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Mary, Mother of the Mount: 5.0 mi
- Monterey Pass Battlefield Museum: 3.2 mi
- Frederick County Fire Museum: 5.3 mi
- Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Visitor Center: 5.5 mi
- Renfrew Farm & Museum: 7.5 mi
- Museum of the Iron Worker: 10.7 mi
- Fountaindale Spring: 1.0 mi
- Browns Spring: 3.3 mi
- Raven Rock Spring: 7.1 mi
- Poplar Spring: 8.6 mi
- Knob Springs: 8.7 mi
- St. Francis: 4.8 mi
- Fr. John Dubois: 5.1 mi
- 42 West: 8.6 mi
- Penn State Mont Alto Nittany Lion Shrine: 9.9 mi
- Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg: 11.6 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 8.8 mi
- John Eisenhower Bridge: 9.2 mi
- Pumpkin Cannon: 10.2 mi
- Catoctin Furnace: 10.6 mi
- Children's Village of Washington County: 16.3 mi
- Frank Bentz Pond Fish Management Area: 7.8 mi
- Caledonia State Park: 12.6 mi
- A.M. Powell Hatchery Fish Management Area: 15.3 mi
- Middletown Watershed: 19.0 mi
- Tumbling Run Game Preserve: 19.4 mi
- Founder's Plaza: 5.1 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- 9-11 Memorial Garden: 9.9 mi
- Peace Garden: 22.2 mi
- Filbert/Diller Corner Garden: 22.8 mi
- Four Square Garden: 23.0 mi
- Shippensburg University Campus Farm: 23.2 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 5.9 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 17.3 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 17.3 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 24.9 mi
- Clermont Crag: 3.5 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 20.1 mi
- Tartown: 6.2 mi
- Harmony Grove: 19.4 mi
- Beach Front: 4.5 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 7.6 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 8.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Raven Rock Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quirauk Mountain | WSW 242° | 654 m | 5.6 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | NNW 330° | 637 m | 8.0 mi |
| Buzzard Peak | NNW 335° | 593 m | 6.5 mi |
| The Knob | N 351° | 573 m | 8.4 mi |
| Catoctin Mountain | SSW 203° | 572 m | 6.4 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | NNW 332° | 570 m | 9.9 mi |
| Pivot Rock | NNW 333° | 563 m | 10.0 mi |
| High Rock | WSW 244° | 559 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:46 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 20:01 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:06 | 16:49 |
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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1184711 — Raven Rock Mountain, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357305437
Day trips start here
- Catoctin Mountain Park · 6 mi
- Thurmont · 7 mi
- Gettysburg · 12 mi
- Hagerstown · 17 mi
- Frederick County · 18 mi
- Chambersburg · 19 mi
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