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Hoye-Crest

1,020 m3,346 ft

Prominence: 12 m40 ft
Isolation: 5.2 km
Tonight: 35°FFair · Wind 5 mph SE

Hoye-Crest is a 1,020 m (3,346 ft) mountain in the Allegheny Mountains, Maryland, United States.

All facts

Elevation: 1,020 m · 3,346 ft
Nearest higher peak: Backbone Mountain (1,113 m)
Range: Allegheny Mountains
Region: Maryland, United States
Coordinates: 39.2375° N, 79.4854° W

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3D map

Hoye-Crest 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Hoye-Crest terrain and contours

20 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the summit

Hoye-Crest elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Hoye-Crest weather

Tonight · Fair · 35°F (2°C) · Wind 5 mph SE

Hoye-Crest forecast for the summit, about 806 m.

Tonight35°–5 mph SE
Sat35°60°–3 mph SE
Sun37°62°–3 mph SE
Mon42°63°–3 mph W
Tue43°64°–2 mph NE
Wed45°63°1%3 mph SE
Thu45°65°7%5 mph SW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:53 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Hoye-Crest

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Hoye-Crest, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
0.9 km NW
+1 more within 5.6 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 2

Place	Distance
Parking	0.9 km NW
Parking	5.6 km ENE

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 72% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

72.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

27.2%

Steep, 30–45°

0.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.6% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 353 m low point 688 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 82.8%Grassland 15.8%Bare rock / sparse 0.7%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 584 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Striped maple9
Painted trillium8
American tuliptree8
Smooth Rock Tripe8
Spring Peeper7
Cucumber Root7

Where it sits

Where Hoye-Crest sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

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Hoye-Crest downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGHoye-Crest satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-09-19.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,027 m at the summit; the official height is 1,020 m.

A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,020 m	—
USGS 3DEP lidar	1,028 m	+8 m
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)	1,027 m	+7 m
Copernicus GLO-30	1,030 m	+10 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,022 m	+2 m

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-09-19)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Hoye-Crest

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Data sources