Quirauk Mountain
Quirauk Mountain is the highest point on South Mountain. The 2,145-foot peak is located in northeastern Washington County, Maryland. It lies just southwest of Fort Ritchie Military Reservation in the village of Cascade and about 1/2 mile southeast of the community of Blue Mountain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,146 feet
- Description: Mountain in Washington County, Maryland, United States
- Also known as: “Mount Misery”
Places of Interest
Highlights include High Rock and Pen Mar Park.
High Rock
Peak
Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pen Mar is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Maryland, United States. It is one of the border towns in the United States with a portmanteau name.
Pen Mar Park
Park
Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pen Mar Park is a scenic area and county park in the community of Pen Mar in Washington County, Maryland. It is located on Pen Mar High Rock Road adjacent to the Mason–Dixon line.
Camp Louise
Summer camp facility
Camp Louise is an all-girls, Jewish overnight summer camp in the Catoctin Mountains in Cascade, Maryland. It is the sister camp of Camp Airy for boys, which is located in Thurmont.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Ritchie and Pen Mar.
Fort Ritchie
Hamlet
Fort Ritchie is a census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States, just south of the Pennsylvania state line. The population was 276 at the 2000 census. Fort Ritchie is a former U.S. military base that closed in September 1998, pursuant to the 1995 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania is immediately to the north.
Pen Mar
Village
Pen Mar is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Maryland, United States. It is one of the border towns in the United States with a portmanteau name.
Edgemont
Hamlet
Edgemont is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States. Its population was 231 as of the 2010 census.
Quirauk Mountain
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Washington County, Western Maryland, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.69648° or 39° 41′ 47″ northLongitude
-77.51277° or 77° 30′ 46″ westElevation
2,146 feet (654 metres)Open location code
87F4MFWP+HVOpenStreetMap ID
node 358241604OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ladin—“Quirauk Mountain” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Quirauk Mountain”
- Dutch: “Quirauk Mountain”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كويراوك”
- French: “Quirauk Mountain”
- German: “Quirauk Mountain”
- Ladin: “Quirauk Mountain”
- “Quirauk Mountain”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Blue Mountain and Cascade.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Alternate Joint Communications Center and High Rock.
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