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Browns Spring

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Elevation, modelled
397 m
Tallest summit within 10.3 miles
Quirauk Mountain654 m · 3.4 mi
Nearest byway
Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway7.8 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
20:42local time
Coordinates
39.7387, -77.4804
Browns Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Browns Spring is a spring in Pennsylvania, at a modelled 397 m. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the south-southwest, 3.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Monterey Pass Battlefield Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 7.8 miles off.

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Browns Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Quirauk MountainSSW 211°654 m3.4 mi
Snowy MountainN 354°637 m6.7 mi
Buzzard PeakN 5°593 m5.6 mi
The KnobNNE 14°573 m8.2 mi
Catoctin MountainS 173°572 m6.3 mi
Rocky MountainN 351°570 m8.5 mi
Pivot RockN 352°563 m8.7 mi
High RockSW 217°559 m3.7 mi

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Picnic sites: 6
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 2
Beaches: 1
Covered bridges: 1
DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:22
June solstice05:4320:0120:42
September equinox06:5818:3319:09
December solstice07:2816:0616:49

Local time (America/New_York).

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313342546370747266564536
Precip in3.83.04.44.04.94.23.74.05.34.13.73.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Catoctin MTN Park, 7 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Jun — fullest in Mar, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs11713516015814711580.160.073.274.077.9101

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Antietam Creek Near Waynesboro, PA, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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