Peakbagger.com
Peak Lists	Climbers	Ranges	Geography	Help	Search	Log In

Howard County High Point, Maryland

Prominence: 100 ft, 30 m

Elevation: 880+ feet, 268+ meters

True Isolation: 4.09 mi, 6.59 km

Elevation Info:

Elevation range: 880 - 900 ft
(20-foot closed contour)
NAVD88 Elevation: 879 ft / 268 m
(Range 879 - 899 ft)

Peak Type

Unnamed High Point

Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)

39° 20' 47'' N, 77° 10' 16'' W
39.346346, -77.171221 (Dec Deg)
312901 E 4357460 N, Zone 18 (UTM)

This peak has 1 other candidate high point areas:

Area	Elevation	Map Name	Map View
Main Summit	880(+20)	Damascus
Area 2	880	Damascus

Country

United States

State/Province

Maryland

County/Second Level Region

Howard (Highest Point)

The communications tower near the Howard County High Point, as seen from the Montgomery County High Point (2021-05-01). Photo by Joshua Cohen. Click here for larger-size photo.
Web Map Links	Peakfinder Panorama GeoHack Links CalTopo MyTopo Bing Maps Google Maps Open Street Map
Prominence	Key Col Page (Detailed prominence information) Clean Prominence: 100 ft/30 m Optimistic Prominence: 140 ft/42 m Key Col: 780 ft/238 m
Isolation	Isolation Page (Detailed isolation information) Distance: 4.09 mi/6.59 km Isolation Limit Point: 39.2925, -77.2033 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Parrs Ridge (SSW)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Appalachian Mountains Range3: Blue Ridge Mountains Range4: Northern Blue Ridge Range5: South Mountain-Catoctin
Drainage Basins	Patuxent Chesapeake Bay Atlantic-Eastern USA Atlantic Ocean
Topo Map	Damascus O39077c2 1:24,000
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
Dynamic Map Howard County High Point Other Candidate Areas for this Peak Other Peaks Click Here for a Full Screen Map

This page has been served 9287 times since 2004-11-01.

Questions/Comments/Corrections? See the Contact Page