Ridge Hill
Ridge Hill rises to 373 m in Maryland. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Jigger Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Antietam Campaign Byway passes 0.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Maryland, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31600366, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 373 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 0.7 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 3.5 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 7.9 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Middletown Overlook · 2 mi
- White Rocks · 7 mi
- Shock Rock · 9 mi
- Point of Rocks Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fountaindale Park: 1.0 mi
- Braddock Heights Park: 1.3 mi
- Shookstown Park: 1.6 mi
- Stonegate Park: 1.7 mi
- Middletown Park: 2.0 mi
- The Hodson Memorial: 4.2 mi
- World War II Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Korean War Veterans Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 4.5 mi
- World War I Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Jigger Hill: 0.5 mi
- High Knob: 1.8 mi
- Miller Hill: 5.6 mi
- Lambs Knoll: 7.1 mi
- Monument Knob: 8.1 mi
- Schifferstadt Architectural Museum: 3.8 mi
- Museum of Frederick County History: 4.8 mi
- National Museum of Civil War Medicine: 4.8 mi
- Children's Museum of Rose Hill Manor Park: 4.9 mi
- South Mountain Heritage Society: 7.7 mi
- The Great Frederick Fair: 5.6 mi
- Best Stone Barn: 6.8 mi
- Best House: 6.9 mi
- Best Secondary House: 6.9 mi
- Gambrill Mill: 7.5 mi
- Middletown Watershed: 2.2 mi
- Antietam National Battlefield: 6.9 mi
- Lambs Knoll Fire Tower: 7.1 mi
- Brunswick Pond Fish Management Area: 9.4 mi
- Brownsville Pond Fish Management Area: 9.7 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 1.9 mi
- Spire: 4.5 mi
- Water Lily Swirl: 4.8 mi
- Water Lily Wave: 4.8 mi
- Claire McCardell: 5.1 mi
- Public Grills & Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
- Nolands Ferry: 12.9 mi
- Dargan Bend: 14.0 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
- Bootjack Spring: 2.6 mi
- Spout Spring: 4.0 mi
- Annapolis Rock Spring: 9.9 mi
- Kanawha Spring: 11.6 mi
- Raven Rock Spring: 16.4 mi
- Four Square Garden: 14.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 15.9 mi
- Poolesville Community Garden: 20.4 mi
- Native Pollinator Meadow: 23.4 mi
- Schwartz Peony Garden: 24.1 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 8.4 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 17.1 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 21.2 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 21.5 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 1.0 mi
- Clermont Crag: 20.7 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 12.5 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 13.6 mi
- Beach Front: 20.8 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 23.1 mi
- Harmony Grove: 5.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Ridge Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quirauk Mountain | N 357° | 654 m | 18.0 mi |
| Catoctin Mountain | N 6° | 572 m | 14.8 mi |
| Salamander Rock | N 2° | 562 m | 9.7 mi |
| High Rock | N 355° | 559 m | 18.0 mi |
| Annapolis Rock | NNW 327° | 538 m | 10.1 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | W 277° | 536 m | 7.1 mi |
| Bob's Hill | N 9° | 535 m | 11.5 mi |
| Wildcat Rocks | N 4° | 533 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:01 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:08 | 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 | 35 | 38 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 5.8 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Frederick Police Brks, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358241611
Day trips start here
- Middletown · 3 mi
- Frederick · 5 mi
- Frederick County · 6 mi
- Boonsboro · 10 mi
- Brunswick · 11 mi
- Sharpsburg · 14 mi
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