- 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 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quirauk Mountain | SSW 211° | 654 m | 3.4 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | N 354° | 637 m | 6.7 mi |
| Buzzard Peak | N 5° | 593 m | 5.6 mi |
| The Knob | NNE 14° | 573 m | 8.2 mi |
| Catoctin Mountain | S 173° | 572 m | 6.3 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | N 351° | 570 m | 8.5 mi |
| Pivot Rock | N 352° | 563 m | 8.7 mi |
| High Rock | SW 217° | 559 m | 3.7 mi |
- 7.8 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground BywayNational
- 8.5 mi off the Old Main Streets
- 14.2 mi off the Historic National Road - MarylandNational
- 18.4 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Chimney Rock · 8 mi
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 13 mi
- Middletown Overlook · 19 mi
- White Rocks · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buzzards Roost: 0.5 mi
- Monterey Peak: 0.6 mi
- Mount Dunlop: 0.8 mi
- Bare Rock: 0.9 mi
- Wildcat Rocks: 1.6 mi
- Solit farm: 1.4 mi
- Old Benjamin Tenis Courts: 1.4 mi
- Pine Hill Recreation Area: 1.4 mi
- Old Banjamin Flagpoles: 1.5 mi
- Red Run Park: 2.1 mi
- Mason Dixon Line monument: 1.9 mi
- Valley View Manor: 5.2 mi
- Jacobs Church: 7.6 mi
- St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta Statue: 7.7 mi
- Monsignor Hugh J. Phillips: 7.7 mi
- Monterey Pass Battlefield Museum: 0.1 mi
- Renfrew Farm & Museum: 4.2 mi
- Frederick County Fire Museum: 8.5 mi
- Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Visitor Center: 8.6 mi
- Museum of the Iron Worker: 11.3 mi
- Fountaindale Spring: 4.1 mi
- Raven Rock Spring: 5.2 mi
- Pearl Spring: 7.2 mi
- Travelers Spring: 7.3 mi
- Chestnut Spring: 7.4 mi
- 42 West: 5.4 mi
- St. Francis: 7.6 mi
- Penn State Mont Alto Nittany Lion Shrine: 7.8 mi
- Fr. John Dubois: 7.8 mi
- Saint Maria Goretti: 13.7 mi
- Catoctin Furnace: 11.1 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 11.6 mi
- Pumpkin Cannon: 11.6 mi
- John Eisenhower Bridge: 12.0 mi
- Children's Village of Washington County: 13.7 mi
- Frank Bentz Pond Fish Management Area: 8.6 mi
- Caledonia State Park: 11.9 mi
- A.M. Powell Hatchery Fish Management Area: 13.3 mi
- Sweeney, Carl and Rebecca Conservation: 17.4 mi
- Middletown Watershed: 18.8 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
- Founder's Plaza: 7.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
- 9-11 Memorial Garden: 7.9 mi
- Four Square Garden: 20.9 mi
- Peace Garden: 21.2 mi
- Shippensburg University Campus Farm: 22.4 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 9.1 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 15.9 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 16.1 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 22.1 mi
- Clermont Crag: 0.3 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 20.1 mi
- Tartown: 5.8 mi
- Harmony Grove: 20.2 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 7.4 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 24.0 mi
- Beach Front: 1.3 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 11.6 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:46 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 20:01 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:06 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 42 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 117 | 135 | 160 | 158 | 147 | 115 | 80.1 | 60.0 | 73.2 | 74.0 | 77.9 | 101 |
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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