Annapolis Rock Spring
Annapolis Rock Spring is a spring in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 496 m. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Annapolis Rock, a peak 0.2 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 4.1 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
- Step-free access
- No
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 4.5 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 8.8 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 8.6 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
Overlooks nearby
- White Rocks · 8 mi
- Middletown Overlook · 8 mi
- Chimney Rock · 10 mi
- Georgians Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Annapolis Rock: 0.2 mi
- Pine Knob: 1.0 mi
- Black Rock: 1.2 mi
- Short Hill: 2.4 mi
- Monument Knob: 4.1 mi
- Black Rock Hotel: 1.5 mi
- Washington Monument: 4.1 mi
- Stonewall Regiment: 6.0 mi
- Reno Monument: 6.0 mi
- NC 13th Infantry Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Wolfsville Ruritan Community Park: 3.1 mi
- Flook Park: 3.2 mi
- Myersville Community Park: 3.4 mi
- Doubs Mill Historic District: 3.5 mi
- Doub's Meadow Park: 3.8 mi
- Children's Village of Washington County: 6.5 mi
- Catoctin Furnace: 8.9 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 8.9 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 8.9 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 8.9 mi
- MARC Nature Center: 2.8 mi
- Boonsboro Museum of History: 4.4 mi
- Washington County Rural Heritage Museum: 8.3 mi
- Civil War Medical Museum: 8.3 mi
- Pry House Field Hospital Museum: 8.3 mi
- A.M. Powell Hatchery Fish Management Area: 3.2 mi
- Antietam National Battlefield: 6.0 mi
- Lambs Knoll Fire Tower: 7.6 mi
- Middletown Watershed: 8.0 mi
- McClellan's Lookup Fire Tower: 9.0 mi
- Spout Spring: 7.9 mi
- Bootjack Spring: 8.1 mi
- Raven Rock Spring: 8.9 mi
- Browns Spring: 14.1 mi
- Fountaindale Spring: 16.4 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 8.4 mi
- Saint Maria Goretti: 10.5 mi
- Spire: 13.8 mi
- 42 West: 13.8 mi
- WINDSWEPT: 14.0 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Public Grills & Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
- Dargan Bend: 15.3 mi
- Founder's Plaza: 15.6 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 1.9 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 2.1 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 13.5 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 18.4 mi
- Four Square Garden: 8.3 mi
- 9-11 Memorial Garden: 20.0 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 8.5 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 10.2 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 9.6 mi
- Clermont Crag: 13.7 mi
- Harmony Grove: 12.7 mi
- Tartown: 19.8 mi
- Beach Front: 13.4 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Annapolis Rock Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quirauk Mountain | NNE 25° | 654 m | 10.7 mi |
| Catoctin Mountain | NE 48° | 572 m | 9.5 mi |
| Salamander Rock | ENE 77° | 562 m | 6.0 mi |
| High Rock | NNE 23° | 559 m | 10.4 mi |
| Black Rock | N 1° | 549 m | 1.2 mi |
| Virginia Rock | NNE 25° | 545 m | 16.6 mi |
| Annapolis Rock | NNW 336° | 538 m | 0.2 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | SSW 192° | 536 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:47 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:01 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:08 | 16:50 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Smithsburg 2NW, 7 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 98.6 | 117 | 149 | 134 | 109 | 63.7 | 33.0 | 22.4 | 31.9 | 38.0 | 51.4 | 86.7 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Catoctin Creek Near Middletown, MD, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4216323017
Day trips start here
- Boonsboro · 4 mi
- Middletown · 8 mi
- Catoctin Mountain Park · 9 mi
- Hagerstown · 9 mi
- Sharpsburg · 11 mi
- Thurmont · 11 mi
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