Cunningham Falls
Cunningham Falls is a waterfall in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 360 m. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the north-northwest, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Catoctin Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 2.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 23.8 m
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 3.2 mi off the Old Main Streets
- 12.1 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 12.8 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Chimney Rock · 2 mi
- Middletown Overlook · 12 mi
- White Rocks · 15 mi
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Catoctin Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Cat Rock: 1.6 mi
- Wolf Rock: 1.8 mi
- Chimney Rock: 2.0 mi
- Bob's Hill: 2.2 mi
- Valley View Manor: 2.4 mi
- Ironmaster's House: 3.9 mi
- Mason Dixon Line monument: 6.4 mi
- The Good Shepherd: 7.0 mi
- St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta Statue: 7.0 mi
- Thurmont Park: 3.0 mi
- Mechanicstown Square Park: 3.2 mi
- Ice Plant Park: 3.3 mi
- Thurmont Memorial Park: 3.3 mi
- Eyler Road Recreation Area: 3.6 mi
- Museum of the Iron Worker: 4.1 mi
- Monterey Pass Battlefield Museum: 7.4 mi
- MARC Nature Center: 7.7 mi
- Frederick County Fire Museum: 9.0 mi
- Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Visitor Center: 9.0 mi
- Catoctin Furnace: 4.0 mi
- Pumpkin Cannon: 5.6 mi
- Children's Village of Washington County: 11.6 mi
- Walkersville Southern Railroad: 11.8 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 13.4 mi
- Raven Rock Spring: 4.0 mi
- Browns Spring: 7.4 mi
- Fountaindale Spring: 8.3 mi
- Annapolis Rock Spring: 8.5 mi
- Spout Spring: 9.7 mi
- Frank Bentz Pond Fish Management Area: 2.5 mi
- A.M. Powell Hatchery Fish Management Area: 9.4 mi
- Middletown Watershed: 11.5 mi
- Antietam National Battlefield: 13.6 mi
- Lambs Knoll Fire Tower: 15.2 mi
- St. Francis: 7.0 mi
- Fr. John Dubois: 7.2 mi
- 42 West: 10.3 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 11.7 mi
- Saint Maria Goretti: 13.7 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
- Founder's Plaza: 7.2 mi
- Public Grills & Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
- Dargan Bend: 23.4 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 9.9 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 10.1 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 20.3 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 23.8 mi
- Clermont Crag: 7.2 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 12.7 mi
- Harmony Grove: 12.9 mi
- Tartown: 13.0 mi
- 9-11 Memorial Garden: 15.0 mi
- Four Square Garden: 16.6 mi
- Beach Front: 7.5 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 15.4 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 18.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Cunningham Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quirauk Mountain | NNW 334° | 654 m | 5.0 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | N 355° | 637 m | 14.1 mi |
| Buzzard Peak | N 360° | 593 m | 12.9 mi |
| Catoctin Mountain | NNE 12° | 572 m | 1.2 mi |
| Salamander Rock | SSW 193° | 562 m | 3.9 mi |
| High Rock | NNW 328° | 559 m | 5.2 mi |
| Virginia Rock | N 2° | 545 m | 9.7 mi |
| Annapolis Rock | SW 233° | 538 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 20:01 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:07 | 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 | 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, 1 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, 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/2473083325
Day trips start here
- Catoctin Mountain Park · 1 mi
- Thurmont · 3 mi
- Frederick County · 12 mi
- Boonsboro · 13 mi
- Hagerstown · 13 mi
- Middletown · 14 mi
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