Backbone Mountain, Maryland

Elevation Info:	Elevation range: 3360 - 3380 ft     (20-foot closed contour) NAVD88 Elevation: 3360 ft / 1024 m     (Range 3360 - 3380 ft)
Highest Summit	Hoye Crest
Subpeaks	Backbone Mountain-Southwest Ridge (3340 ft/1018 m)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	39° 14' 15'' N, 79° 29' 8'' W 39.237398, -79.485528 (Dec Deg) 630705 E 4344214 N, Zone 17 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Maryland (Highest Point)
County/Second Level Region	Garrett (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Backbone Mountain":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      Backbone Mountain at SummitPost.org      Hoye-Crest at ListsOfJohn.com      Weather for Backbone Mountain at Mountain-Forecast.com      CoHP.org Trip Report for Garrett, MD by Michael Schwartz      CoHP.org Trip Report for Garrett, MD by Hans Haustein      CoHP.org Trip Report for Garrett, MD by Tom Harper      CoHP.org Trip Report for Garrett, MD by Don Desrosiers and Chip Clark      CoHP.org Trip Report for Garrett, MD by Brennan Connelly Weather and Snow      National Weather Service Forecast      NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Backbone Mountain:      Contiguous 48 U.S. State High Points (Rank #30)      U.S. State High Points (Rank #32)      United States State/Territory High Points (Rank #33)      EPIC List - States of the USA (Rank #47)      Combined USA-Canada-Mexico State/Province High Points (Rank #69)      CoHP High Five List (Rank #140)      Northeastern USA CoHPs (Rank #46)      Mid-Atlantic CoHPs (Rank #10)      High Points of Counties in 13 Original States (Rank #85)      Maryland County High Points (Rank #1) Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:        Fifty State Summits, Guide with Maps to State Highpoints (Zumwalt)        Highpoints of the United States: A Guide to the Fifty State Summits (Holmes)        Highpoint Adventures: The Complete Guide to the 50 State Highpoints (Winger)
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 825      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 747) Selected Trip Reports from this site:      1969-04-20 by Fred Lobdell      2001-05-25 by Scott Surgent      2007-03-27 by Coby King (GPS Track)      2010-07-27 by David Ohmer      2010-11-17 by William Musser      2011-12-03 by Jenn Grayson      2012-06-25 by Alan Barber      2012-07-01 by Mike Holland (GPS Track)      2013-05-11 by Dave Dunham      2013-07-27 by John Hasch      2013-07-27 by Ryan Turner (GPS Track)      2014-03-30 by Morris Zwick      2014-07-16 by Chuck Engle (GPS Track)      2015-09-07 by David Odenwalder      2016-08-30 by Austin Mueller      2016-09-17 by Chris Gordon      2016-10-07 by Jason Vogler      2018-07-19 by Zackary Michek (GPS Track)      2018-07-25 by Paul McClellan (GPS Track)      2018-08-10 by Eric Davidson      2018-12-26 by Badri Radhakrishnan      2019-05-26 by Lane Jefferson (GPS Track)      2019-06-15 by Paige Madden      2019-09-20 by Mike Evano      2020-05-15 by Paige Madden      2020-09-18 by Andy Hatzos (GPS Track)      2020-09-29 by Don Elwell
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The wooded summit of Backbone Mountain, also known as Hoye Crest, high point of Maryland (2013-07-15). Photo by Peter Stone. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 80 ft/24 m   Optimistic Prominence: 120 ft/36 m   Line Parent: Backbone Mountain-Preston County High Point   Key Col: 3280 ft/1000 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 1.24 mi/2 km    Isolation Limit Point: 39.2233, -79.5 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Backbone Mountain-Preston County High Point  (SW)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Appalachian Mountains Range3: Appalachian Plateaus Range4: Allegheny Mountains Range5: Northern Allegheny Mountains Range6: Backbone Mountain
Ridges/Divides	Appalachian Divide
Drainage Basins	Potomac Chesapeake Bay Atlantic-Eastern USA Atlantic Ocean Monongahela Ohio Mississippi Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean
Topo Map	Davis O39079b4 1:24,000
Route #1	Bushwhack: NW Slope bushwhack Trailhead: US 219 2670 ft/814 m Vertical Gain: 690 ft/210 m
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

Backbone Mountain, MD aka Hoye Crest (2014-06-29). Photo by Ronald Land. Click here for larger-size photo.

An easy trek to Hoye Crest. Light rain and low clouds made for a very comfortable hike. (2014-07-16). Photo by Chuck Engle. Click here for larger-size photo.

Not a bad view (2014-12-31). Photo by Vanessa Arnold. Click here for larger-size photo.

Fun little hike (2016-05-28). Photo by Scott Slayton. Click here for larger-size photo.

High Point sign and marker (2018-12-26). Photo by Badri Radhakrishnan. Click here for larger-size photo.

Our Lady of Pines Church (2018-12-26). Photo by Badri Radhakrishnan. Click here for larger-size photo.

Start of Trail (2018-12-26). Photo by Badri Radhakrishnan. Click here for larger-size photo.

View from the Top (2018-12-26). Photo by Badri Radhakrishnan. Click here for larger-size photo.

Info Plate (2020-03-14). Photo by Antonio Navas. Click here for larger-size photo.

Backbone Mountain, Maryland Hole Crest (2021-04-20). Photo by Mark Swiontek. Click here for larger-size photo.

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