Roundtop Hill
Roundtop Hill rises to 414 m in Maryland. High Point stands 789 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Top Hill Heritage Conservation Fund Site, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 1.8 miles off.
The story
Roundtop Hill is a mountain in Washington County, Maryland, southwest of the town of Hancock. The elevation at the summit is 1,358 feet (410 m).
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Wikidata Q7371273, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 414 m
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 1.5 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 3.2 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
- 28.5 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Sideling Hill Viewpoint · 4 mi
- Prospect Overlook · 4 mi
- Devils Nose · 8 mi
- Banner's Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fluted Rocks: 4.9 mi
- Prospect Rock: 6.1 mi
- Long Point: 6.6 mi
- Edes Fort: 7.0 mi
- High Germany Hill: 7.7 mi
- Widmeyer Wildlife Management Area: 2.6 mi
- Kirk Woods Park: 2.8 mi
- Widmyer Memorial Park: 2.9 mi
- Widmyer Park: 2.9 mi
- Joseph Hancock Jr. Primitive Park: 3.1 mi
- Round Top Cement Mill: 0.4 mi
- Tonoloway Fort: 2.2 mi
- Samuel Taylor Suit Cottage: 3.5 mi
- Berkeley Springs Baths: 3.5 mi
- George Washington's Bathtub: 3.5 mi
- Lord Fairfax Spring: 3.5 mi
- Dawson Spring: 12.4 mi
- A natural spring at the Central Trail: 13.2 mi
- Natural Spring: 14.1 mi
- Neglar Spring: 15.6 mi
- Hancock Museum: 3.2 mi
- Museum of Berkeley Springs: 3.5 mi
- Thomas D. Ambrose Nature Center: 12.8 mi
- CCC museum: 13.2 mi
- Belle Boyd House: 20.9 mi
- Junior Officer's Quarters: 13.1 mi
- Captain's Quarters: 13.2 mi
- Almost Heaven Sign: 15.5 mi
- Almost Heaven Swing: 15.5 mi
- Farnham Colossi: 17.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 1.9 mi
- The Lockings: 10.9 mi
- The Little Point: 18.5 mi
- Sideling Hill Rest Area Eastbound: 3.6 mi
- Sideling Hill Rest Area Westbound: 3.7 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 21.5 mi
- Sweet Root Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- Blankley Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
- Sideling Hill Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
- Morgan Arts Council: 3.5 mi
- The Igloo: 24.0 mi
- Jarrett Falls: 17.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Roundtop Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Point | SSW 200° | 789 m | 17.3 mi |
| Emmaville Mountain | N 2° | 690 m | 15.0 mi |
| Cacapon 2 | SSW 203° | 673 m | 10.6 mi |
| Cross Mountain | ENE 75° | 627 m | 13.4 mi |
| The Lockings | NNW 341° | 618 m | 10.7 mi |
| Hearthstone Mountain | E 80° | 616 m | 14.1 mi |
| Sleepy Creek Mountain | S 172° | 580 m | 15.3 mi |
| Purslane Mountain | SW 229° | 568 m | 9.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 20:04 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:10 | 16:53 |
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 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cacapon ST PK #2, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358241621
Day trips start here
- Hancock · 3 mi
- Hedgesville · 15 mi
- Martinsburg · 21 mi
- Mercersburg · 21 mi
- Washington County · 23 mi
- Hagerstown · 27 mi
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