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Wolf Rock

Wolf Rock, seen from above at true elevation

Wolf Rock rises to 832 m in Maryland. Pinnacle stands 950 m to the southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Fox Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Mountain Maryland Byway passes 2.2 miles off.

The story

mountain in Maryland, United States of America

Wikidata Q31600902, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
832 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.56271, -78.91775

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Nature reserves: 21
Historic sites: 20
  • buisness lot: 5.4 mi
  • Brownsville/Park Avenue Monument: 6.2 mi
  • First Toll Gate House: 6.3 mi
  • The Castle - built 1840: 9.3 mi
  • National Road Monument: 10.1 mi
Museums: 19
  • Thrasher Carriage Museum: 6.5 mi
  • Frostburg Museum: 6.5 mi
  • Westernport Heritage Society Museum: 8.7 mi
  • Mount Savage Museum: 9.6 mi
  • F. Brooke Whiting House & Museum: 9.7 mi
Attractions: 5
Cliffs: 4
Artworks: 2
  • Art: 6.7 mi
  • Blind Skier and Camper Art Installation: 22.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 2
  • River Beach: 16.6 mi
  • Public River Access, Fishing: 17.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Baughman Spring: 20.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • US-219 Cove Overlook Rest Area: 21.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Wolf Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
PinnacleSW 215°950 m15.1 mi
Big Savage MountainW 263°913 m9.6 mi
High RockW 262°910 m9.6 mi
Sampson RockN 357°895 m10.1 mi
Saint John RockNNW 340°890 m7.8 mi
Dans RockNE 40°883 m1.7 mi
Elbow MountainWNW 283°859 m7.8 mi
Little Savage MountainN 359°859 m11.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5219:28
June solstice05:4920:0720:47
September equinox07:0418:3919:15
December solstice07:3316:1316:56

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, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 591581 — Wolf Rock, Allegany County, Maryland.

OpenStreetMap element node/358241651

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