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Quirauk Mountain

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29: 195:. There is a fenced-in area of the mountaintop that is federal property and thus a restricted area. Quirauk Mountain's broadcast tower was formerly used by radio stations WJEJ-AM and WWMD-FM. A fire lookout tower also used to occupy the summit. It has since been removed. 584: 589: 386: 222: 469: 346: 152: 119: 314: 184: 188: 64: 164: 192: 579: 372: 247: 484: 474: 395: 379: 298: 421: 57: 156: 104: 431: 543: 454: 441: 321: 180: 123: 492: 403: 167:
in the village of Cascade and about 1/2 mile southeast of the community of Blue Mountain. The
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and South Mountain State Park are about 1/2 mile to the west of the mountain's summit.
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The Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center (see section "Telecommunications Links")
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On the summit is a broadcast tower for radio stations WETH-FM and WAYZ-FM in
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About 1/2 mile to the west-southwest of the summit is High Rock on the
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Mountain in Washington County, Maryland, United States
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USGS Topographic Map, Smithsburg (MD, PA) Quadrangle
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Cascade, Maryland
Elevation
Coordinates
39°41′47″N 77°30′46″W / 39.69634°N 77.51271°W / 39.69634; -77.51271
Washington County, Maryland
Parent range
South Mountain
Blue Ridge Mountains
Easiest route
South Mountain
Washington County
Maryland
Fort Ritchie Military Reservation
Appalachian Trail
Hagerstown
Alternate Joint Communications Center
United States Department of Defense
Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania
Appalachian Trail



USGS Topographic Map, Smithsburg (MD, PA) Quadrangle
"South Mountain", Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Hagerstown-Chambersburg Area Radio Stations
Archived
Wayback Machine
The Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center (see section "Telecommunications Links")
Washington County Highpoint Trip Report

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