Catoctin Mountain
Mountain ridge in the United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Catoctin Mountain, along with the geologically associated Bull Run Mountains, forms the easternmost mountain ridge of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which are in turn a part of the Appalachian Mountains range. The ridge runs northeast–southwest for about 50 miles (80 km) departing from South Mountain near Emmitsburg, Maryland, and running south past Leesburg, Virginia, where it disappears into the Piedmont in a series of low-lying hills near New Baltimore, Virginia. The ridge forms the eastern rampart of the Loudoun and Middletown valleys.
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Catoctin Mountain | |
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![]() Catoctin Mountain vista (from Chimney Rock) | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,880 ft (570 m)[1] |
Prominence | 404 ft (123 m) |
Coordinates | 39°38′52″N 77°27′59″W[2] |
Geography | |
Parent range | Blue Ridge Mountains of the Appalachian Mountain Range |
Topo map | USGS Blue Ridge Summit |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | road (restricted access) |
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