Old Dam Waterfall
Old Dam Waterfall is a waterfall in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 96 m. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is 11 Connecticut Volunteers, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 1.1 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 0.9 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 4.2 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
- 5.6 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
Overlooks nearby
- Georgians Overlook · 1 mi
- White Rocks · 5 mi
- Stone Fort · 8 mi
- Maryland Heights Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 11 Connecticut Volunteers: 0.1 mi
- William McKinley Coffee Break Monument: 0.2 mi
- 12th OH: 0.4 mi
- 11th OH: 0.5 mi
- 16th CT: 0.5 mi
- Mount Briar Wetlands Reserve: 2.8 mi
- Taylor Park: 3.4 mi
- Chestnut Grove Park: 3.8 mi
- James Rumsey Park: 3.9 mi
- Shepherdstown Historic District: 4.2 mi
- Red Hill: 1.6 mi
- Hauser Ridge: 2.3 mi
- Nicodemus Heights: 2.9 mi
- Hawks Hill: 3.5 mi
- Ferry Hill: 3.7 mi
- Antietam Creek Aqueduct: 2.4 mi
- Lock 39: 2.8 mi
- Lock 40: 3.6 mi
- Lock 38 Path: 3.8 mi
- Little House: 4.2 mi
- Antietam National Battlefield Visitors Center: 1.9 mi
- Pry House Field Hospital Museum: 2.0 mi
- Civil War Medical Museum: 2.0 mi
- Hagerstown Model Railroad Museum at Antietam Station: 2.1 mi
- Washington County Rural Heritage Museum: 4.6 mi
- McClellan's Lookup Fire Tower: 1.7 mi
- Lambs Knoll Fire Tower: 5.5 mi
- Brownsville Pond Fish Management Area: 5.9 mi
- Antietam National Battlefield: 6.2 mi
- Yankauer Nature Preserve: 7.3 mi
- Annapolis Rock Spring: 10.2 mi
- Bootjack Spring: 12.8 mi
- Spout Spring: 14.0 mi
- Cooper Springs: 16.0 mi
- Kanawha Spring: 16.4 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 12.6 mi
- Saint Maria Goretti: 15.4 mi
- Spire: 17.0 mi
- Water Lily Swirl: 17.2 mi
- Water Lily Wave: 17.2 mi
- Dargan Bend: 5.9 mi
- Public Grills & Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Nolands Ferry: 19.2 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 17.2 mi
- River Access: 22.8 mi
- Beach Front: 23.2 mi
- Four Square Garden: 4.5 mi
- Native Pollinator Meadow: 21.2 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 8.6 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 11.4 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 13.1 mi
- Clermont Crag: 23.7 mi
- Harmony Grove: 17.7 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 18.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Old Dam Waterfall. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quirauk Mountain | NE 34° | 654 m | 20.6 mi |
| Catoctin Mountain | NE 46° | 572 m | 19.7 mi |
| Salamander Rock | NE 56° | 562 m | 15.6 mi |
| High Rock | NNE 33° | 559 m | 20.2 mi |
| Black Rock | NE 40° | 549 m | 11.1 mi |
| Annapolis Rock | NE 43° | 538 m | 10.3 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | E 91° | 536 m | 5.5 mi |
| Bob's Hill | NE 54° | 535 m | 17.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:09 | 16:51 |
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 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sharpsburg 5 S, 4 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 | 304 | 356 | 459 | 453 | 386 | 296 | 216 | 177 | 183 | 182 | 203 | 266 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Antietam Creek Near Sharpsburg, MD, under a mile away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/1443407542
Day trips start here
- Sharpsburg · 1 mi
- Shepherdstown · 4 mi
- Boonsboro · 6 mi
- Harpers Ferry · 9 mi
- Middletown · 10 mi
- Brunswick · 11 mi
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