Quirauk Mountain
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Quirauk Mountain (latitude 39.69634 N, longitude 77.51271 W[1]), rising to 2145 feet (654 m) above sea level, is the highest point on South Mountain[2]. It is in northeastern Washington County, Maryland. It lies just southwest of Fort Ritchie Military Reservation in Cascade, MD, and about 1/2 mile southeast of Blue Mountain, MD. The Appalachian Trail and South Mountain State Park are about 1/2 mile to the west of the mountain's summit[3]. On the summit is a broadcast tower for radio stations WETH-FM and WAYZ-FM (in Hagerstown, MD)[4]; and "Site C", a radio communication outpost of the Alternate Joint Communications Center, a United States Department of Defense emergency relocation site near Blue Ridge Summit, PA[5]. Note that there is a fenced in area of the mountaintop that is federal property and thus a restricted area[6]. Quirauk Mountain's broadcast tower was formerly used by radio stations WJEJ-FM and WWMD-FM[7]. A fire lookout tower also used to occupy the summit[8]. About 1/2 mile to the west-southwest of the summit is High Rock (on the Appalachian Trail), which provides an excellent view of the surrounding countryside[9].
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- 1,3. USGS Topographic Map, Smithsburg (MD, PA) Quadrangle
- 2. "South Mountain", Encyclopædia Britannica Online
- 4. Hagerstown-Chambersburg Area Radio Stations
- 5. The Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center (see section "Telecommunications Links")
- 6. http://www.cohp.org/md/Washington_3.html
- 7. 104.7
- 8. Maryland Fire Lookouts
- 9. Maryland Scenic Byways, p. 140
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