50 Highest in Maryland

Maryland, United States, North America

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50 Highest in Maryland

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The Top 50

This by no means is an official list. It's me sitting in front of a computer with topo maps, searching every point. I found a list of the top 50 Mountains in Maryland one day while searching the web and started seeing all kinds of errors. For example that list had 8 mountains listed that were actually part of or sub-summits of Backbone Mountain. There is only one high point on each mountain even if it has sub-peaks. It was also missing many mountains/hills and included none of the un-named mountains. I found another one done by the Maryland Geographic Survey listing the top 21 of which only 5 of them made this list! SO I sat out to find out what peaks really existed in my now home state of Maryland. The Un-named peaks here, I used the highest contour mark unless there was a specific benchmark for the peak. Therefore some may actually be a little higher than listed.

Ranking	Mountain Name	Elevation	Nameless Data
1	Backbone Mountain	3360
2	Marsh Hill	3110
3	Un-Named	3100	N 39.41455 W 79.24699
4	Negro Mountain	3075
5	Snaggy Mountain	3069
6	Meadow Mountain	3022
7	Roman Nose Hill	3015
8	Roman Nose Mountain	3009
9	Four Mile Ridge	3000
10	Un-Named	3000	N 29.23501 W 79.46779
11	Un-Named	3000	N 39.54881 W79.25899
12	Big Savage Mountain	2991
13	Un-named	2983	N 39.58192 W 79.34126
14	Un-Named	2980	N 39.50158 W 79.34836
15	Un-Named	2960	N 39.36612 W 79.31858
16	Un-Named	2960	N 39.27898 W 79.42309
17	Lewis Knob	2949
18	George Hill	2946
19	Callis Hill	2929
20	The Little Mountain	2927
21	Un-Named	2920	N 39.21443 W 79.47580
22	Un-Named	2920	N 39.41627 W 79.22755
23	Upper Ford Hill	2913
24	Un-Named	2900	N 39.22024 W 79.44463
25	Dans Mountain	2895
26	Un-Named	2880	N 39.40806 W 79.42584
27	Un-Named	2880	N 39.23467 W 79.43508
28	Hoope Pole Hill	2872
29	Gingseng Hill	2860
30	Winding Ridge	2842
31	Little Savage Mountain	2840
32	Truesdell Heights	2840
33	Elder Hill	2826
34	Mount Nebo	2822
35	Elbow Mountain	2820
36	Un-Named	2820	N 39.34737 W 79.33694
37	Un-Named	2820	N 39.32034 W 79.31562
38	Salt Block Mountain	2800
39	Red Ridge	2800
40	Un-Named	2800	N 39.65081 W 79.27580
41	Piney Mountain	2792
42	Resh Hill	2784
43	Little Snaggy Mountain	2780
44	Walnut Hill	2780
45	Gap Hill	2749
46	Bishop Hill	2745
47	Bittinger Hill	2740
48	Lookout Hill	2740
49	Chestnut Ridge	2740
50	Un-named	2740	N 39.26377 W 79.41778

Sub Summits

Backbone Mountain,has at least 8 Sub-summits the highest is Hoyt-Crest which is Marylands Highest Point at 3360 ft. The other seven are

A Fire Tower at 3252
Wild Turkey Rock 3228
Roth Rock 3212
Conneway Hill 3193
Allegheny Heights 3189
Eagle Rock 3160
Table Rock 3073

Negro Mountain at 3075 also has a sub-summit called Zehner Hill at 3000 ft.

Meadow Mountain at 3022 also has the Brittinger Fire Tower at 2959

Big Savage Mountain at High Rock is 2991 but also has Sampson Rock at 2934 and Saint John Rock at 2904

Dans Mountain at Dans Rock is 2895 also has Wolf Rock at 2722 and Fairview at 2680

It's all in the West

All of these top 50 are located in the Western 2 counties of Maryland, most of them in Garrett County with only Dans Mountain in Allegheny County. Dans Mountain is the "Eastern Front" of the Allegheny Plateau. To its east if the Ridge and Valley System. As you can see only 3 of these mountains and sub-peaks have Summit Post pages so it looks like there is a lot of work to do!