Quirauk Mountain is the highest point on South Mountain. The peak is located in northeastern Washington County,

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. It lies just southwest of Fort Ritchie Military Reservation 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.

Background

On the summit is a broadcast tower for radio stations WETH-FM and WAYZ-FM in Hagerstown and "Site C", a radio communication outpost of the Alternate Joint Communications Center, a

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emergency relocation site near

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. 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. About 1/2 mile to the west-southwest of the summit is High Rock near the

, which provides an excellent view of the surrounding countryside.Maryland Scenic Byways, p. 140

References

{{Mountains of Maryland Mountains of Maryland South Mountain Range (Maryland−Pennsylvania) Landforms of Washington County, Maryland Mountains on the Appalachian Trail