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Sand Spring Hill

Sand Spring Hill, a peak in Maryland
Sand Spring Hill, a peak in MarylandFamartin · CC BY-SA 4.0

Sand Spring Hill rises to 672 m in Maryland. Big Savage Mountain stands 913 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Parris N. Glendening Recreational Area, a park 0.5 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland runs past it.

The story

mountain in Maryland, United States of America

Wikidata Q31600551, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
672 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.66434, -78.93318

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves: 23
Historic sites: 21
  • Brownsville/Park Avenue Monument: 0.8 mi
  • buisness lot: 1.9 mi
  • The Castle - built 1840: 3.4 mi
  • Mason-Dixon marker: 4.4 mi
  • First Toll Gate House: 4.7 mi
Museums: 19
Attractions: 5
Cliffs: 4
Artworks: 3
  • Art: 0.7 mi
  • Blind Skier and Camper Art Installation: 22.3 mi
  • Birdhouse: 25.0 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 2
  • River Beach: 22.1 mi
  • Public River Access, Fishing: 24.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Baughman Spring: 15.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Sand Spring Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Savage MountainSW 226°913 m12.0 mi
High RockSW 226°910 m12.0 mi
Sampson RockN 4°895 m3.1 mi
Saint John RockW 278°890 m1.9 mi
Dans RockSSE 162°883 m6.0 mi
Little Savage MountainN 9°859 m4.6 mi
Elbow MountainSW 232°859 m8.6 mi
Salt Block MountainW 273°854 m9.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5219:28
June solstice05:4920:0720:48
September equinox07:0418:3919:15
December solstice07:3416:1316:55

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262936485765696862514031
Precip in3.43.04.04.05.24.63.73.64.23.22.93.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Frostburg 2, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 587187 — Sand Spring Hill, Allegany County, Maryland.

OpenStreetMap element node/358240418

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