Round Top
Round Top rises to 520 m in Maryland. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the west, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Piney Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 1.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America; GeoNames ID = 4654091
Wikidata Q31600486, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 520 m
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 4.0 mi off the Old Main Streets
- 17.1 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 18.1 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Chimney Rock · 4 mi
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 11 mi
- Middletown Overlook · 16 mi
- White Rocks · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Piney Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Carrick Knob: 1.1 mi
- Derr Hill: 1.2 mi
- College Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Wertenbaker Hill: 1.6 mi
- St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta Statue: 2.1 mi
- Monsignor Hugh J. Phillips: 2.2 mi
- Redmond Memorial: 2.2 mi
- The Good Shepherd: 2.2 mi
- Statue of Cardinal John Henry Newman: 2.2 mi
- Knott Athletic, Recreational and Convocational Complex: 2.6 mi
- Roddy Road Park: 3.0 mi
- Eyler Road Recreation Area: 3.4 mi
- E. Eugene Myers Community Park: 3.6 mi
- Emmitsburg Memorial Park: 4.0 mi
- Frederick County Fire Museum: 3.8 mi
- Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Visitor Center: 3.9 mi
- Monterey Pass Battlefield Museum: 5.8 mi
- Museum of the Iron Worker: 7.5 mi
- Renfrew Farm & Museum: 9.7 mi
- Pumpkin Cannon: 6.5 mi
- Catoctin Furnace: 7.3 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 10.1 mi
- John Eisenhower Bridge: 10.5 mi
- Walkersville Southern Railroad: 13.9 mi
- Fountaindale Spring: 3.9 mi
- Browns Spring: 5.9 mi
- Raven Rock Spring: 6.9 mi
- Poplar Spring: 12.0 mi
- Knob Springs: 12.3 mi
- St. Francis: 2.1 mi
- Fr. John Dubois: 2.3 mi
- 42 West: 10.9 mi
- Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg: 12.7 mi
- Women's Memorial: 13.0 mi
- Frank Bentz Pond Fish Management Area: 4.6 mi
- A.M. Powell Hatchery Fish Management Area: 14.4 mi
- Middletown Watershed: 16.0 mi
- Caledonia State Park: 16.3 mi
- Antietam National Battlefield: 18.8 mi
- Founder's Plaza: 2.3 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 4.7 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 15.4 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 15.4 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 24.6 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 24.9 mi
- 9-11 Memorial Garden: 13.5 mi
- Four Square Garden: 21.8 mi
- Filbert/Diller Corner Garden: 22.7 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 5.3 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 24.0 mi
- Clermont Crag: 5.9 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 16.9 mi
- Tartown: 9.9 mi
- Harmony Grove: 15.9 mi
- Beach Front: 6.9 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 10.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Round Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quirauk Mountain | W 278° | 654 m | 6.3 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | NNW 334° | 637 m | 11.7 mi |
| Buzzard Peak | NNW 337° | 593 m | 10.2 mi |
| The Knob | NNW 348° | 573 m | 12.0 mi |
| Catoctin Mountain | WSW 237° | 572 m | 4.4 mi |
| Salamander Rock | SSW 213° | 562 m | 8.9 mi |
| High Rock | W 277° | 559 m | 6.8 mi |
| Black Rock | SW 235° | 549 m | 13.1 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 | 19:08 |
| 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358240109
Day trips start here
- Catoctin Mountain Park · 4 mi
- Thurmont · 4 mi
- Gettysburg · 13 mi
- Frederick County · 15 mi
- Hagerstown · 17 mi
- Boonsboro · 18 mi
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