Red Hill
Red Hill rises to 318 m in Maryland. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the north-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is McClellan's Lookup Fire Tower, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Antietam Campaign Byway passes 1.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Maryland, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31600302, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 318 m
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 2.5 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 4.2 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 5.8 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Georgians Overlook · 2 mi
- White Rocks · 4 mi
- Stone Fort · 8 mi
- Weverton Cliffs · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Briar Wetlands Reserve: 1.5 mi
- Taylor Park: 2.6 mi
- Chestnut Grove Park: 3.7 mi
- Shafer Memorial Park: 4.4 mi
- Washington County Agricultural Education Center: 4.8 mi
- 11 Connecticut Volunteers: 1.6 mi
- Monument to Gen. Robert E. Lee: 1.7 mi
- William McKinley Coffee Break Monument: 1.8 mi
- 50th PA: 2.0 mi
- 12th OH: 2.0 mi
- Hauser Ridge: 3.4 mi
- Hawks Hill: 3.6 mi
- Nicodemus Heights: 3.8 mi
- Lambs Knoll: 3.9 mi
- Monument Knob: 5.3 mi
- Civil War Medical Museum: 1.7 mi
- Pry House Field Hospital Museum: 1.7 mi
- Antietam National Battlefield Visitors Center: 2.8 mi
- Hagerstown Model Railroad Museum at Antietam Station: 3.7 mi
- Boonsboro Museum of History: 4.6 mi
- Antietam Creek Aqueduct: 3.5 mi
- Lock 39: 4.5 mi
- Lock 40: 4.8 mi
- Lock 37: 5.0 mi
- Lock 38 Path: 5.4 mi
- McClellan's Lookup Fire Tower: 0.1 mi
- Lambs Knoll Fire Tower: 3.9 mi
- Antietam National Battlefield: 4.6 mi
- Brownsville Pond Fish Management Area: 5.4 mi
- Yankauer Nature Preserve: 8.6 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 11.0 mi
- Saint Maria Goretti: 15.2 mi
- Spire: 15.5 mi
- Water Lily Swirl: 15.7 mi
- Water Lily Wave: 15.7 mi
- Annapolis Rock Spring: 9.0 mi
- Bootjack Spring: 11.2 mi
- Spout Spring: 12.4 mi
- Kanawha Spring: 15.6 mi
- Cooper Springs: 16.5 mi
- Dargan Bend: 6.5 mi
- Public Grills & Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
- Nolands Ferry: 18.3 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 17.9 mi
- Beach Front: 22.2 mi
- River Access: 23.6 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 1.6 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 17.4 mi
- Four Square Garden: 4.8 mi
- Native Pollinator Meadow: 21.5 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 7.3 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 12.1 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 11.5 mi
- Clermont Crag: 22.6 mi
- Harmony Grove: 16.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of Red Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quirauk Mountain | NNE 31° | 654 m | 19.6 mi |
| Catoctin Mountain | NE 43° | 572 m | 18.4 mi |
| Salamander Rock | NE 53° | 562 m | 14.2 mi |
| High Rock | NNE 29° | 559 m | 19.2 mi |
| Black Rock | NNE 33° | 549 m | 10.0 mi |
| Annapolis Rock | NE 37° | 538 m | 9.1 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | E 95° | 536 m | 3.9 mi |
| Bob's Hill | NE 51° | 535 m | 16.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:09 | 16:51 |
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 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sharpsburg 5 S, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1714164 — Red Hill, Washington County, Maryland.
OpenStreetMap element node/358253040
Day trips start here
- Sharpsburg · 3 mi
- Boonsboro · 5 mi
- Shepherdstown · 6 mi
- Middletown · 8 mi
- Harpers Ferry · 9 mi
- Brunswick · 10 mi
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