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Hills Grove Picnic Area

Hills Grove Picnic Area from directly overhead

Hills Grove Picnic Area is a picnic site in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 94 m. Beecher Hill stands 324 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Rock Ridge Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.5 miles away. Mason and Dixon Byway passes 0.6 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.63951, -76.42408

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Jarrettsville Recreation Complex: 4.3 mi
  • Friends Park: 4.5 mi
  • Dr. James B. Rutledge Memorial Park: 4.7 mi
  • Forest Hill Recreation Complex: 5.1 mi
  • Blake's Venture Park: 5.8 mi
Gardens
  • Tivoli Tea House and Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Sculpture Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Water Lily Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Rose Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Terrace Gardens: 6.2 mi
Artworks
  • Pagoda: 6.1 mi
  • Budda: 6.1 mi
  • Hunt Scene: 6.3 mi
  • Hunt Scene: 6.3 mi
  • Hunt Scene: 6.3 mi
Peaks: 40
Museums: 36
Attractions: 25
  • Deer Creek Rapids @ Rocks (Class III): 0.7 mi
  • Sandy Hook Speedway: 6.2 mi
  • A Village Of Garden Gnomes: 11.5 mi
  • Northampton Furnace: 16.5 mi
  • Hex Murder House: 16.6 mi
Cliffs: 14
  • Green Quarry: 9.3 mi
  • Wildcat Point: 11.9 mi
  • \: 12.2 mi
  • ZP35: 14.7 mi
  • ZP37: 14.8 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Rock Ridge Picnic Area: 0.5 mi
  • Wilson's Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
  • Deer Creek Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
  • Pecos Tent: 17.1 mi
  • Timber Tent: 17.1 mi
Springs: 5
  • Black Barren Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Marble Springs: 16.3 mi
  • Black Rock Spring: 22.9 mi
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 24.6 mi
  • Crises Spring: 24.7 mi
Beaches: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hills Grove Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beecher HillWNW 286°324 m24.1 mi
Huntrick HillWNW 300°310 m22.3 mi
Saubel HillWNW 294°277 m22.1 mi
Spook HillW 269°233 m15.7 mi
Stony HillNNE 33°233 m24.1 mi
Ivy HillSW 227°200 m18.2 mi
Red HillNNE 20°192 m19.7 mi
Oregon RidgeSW 233°191 m17.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:18
June solstice05:3919:5720:38
September equinox06:5418:2919:05
December solstice07:2416:0316:45

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333542546473787669574638
Precip in3.62.64.23.43.94.54.74.55.14.53.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Conowingo DAM, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/823919234

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