Wills Mountain State Park
About
Wills Mountain State Park is a 374-acre state park in Maryland, about a mile from the community of Bowmans Addition. The land is managed by the State Department of Natural Resources. For comfortable weather, aim for September or October, when typical highs run from the upper 60s to near 80°F and the year's fewest wet days arrive, based on averages from a weather station about 2.6 miles away at 730 feet in Cumberland. Temperatures higher on the mountain run cooler than those station figures. Climbers will find Neptune Buttress, Saturn Buttress and Mars Buttress all within about half a mile. For hiking, Monkey's Head Rock Trail lies roughly 5.5 miles away.
Park size
374 acres
Inside this park
Location
Wills Mountain State Park
Maryland
Data source: USGS PAD-US 4.1 (Protected Areas Database, public domain)
Facts about this place
When to go
Best time to go: Apr–Jun. The mildest months here, with typical highs of 66–82°F and lows of 41–60°F.
Typical monthly averages (not a forecast) from the Cumberland 2, MD weather station, 2.6 mi away. High / low in °F.
- Jan39° high23° low
- Feb43° high24° low
- Mar53° high31° low
- Apr66° high41° low
- May75° high51° low
- Jun82° high60° low
- Jul87° high64° low
- Aug85° high63° low
- Sep79° high55° low
- Oct67° high43° low
- Nov54° high34° low
- Dec43° high27° low
Where it is
- Wills Mountain State Park · State park
- Nearest town
- Bowmans Addition, Maryland · 1.1 mi
- Managed by
- State Department of Natural Resources
Nearby
- Neptune ButtressRock climbing0.6 mi
- Saturn ButtressRock climbing0.6 mi
- Mars ButtressRock climbing0.6 mi
- Earth ButtressRock climbing0.6 mi
- Monkey's Head Rock Trail DownhillHiking5.4 mi
- Monkey's Head Rock TrailHiking5.5 mi
- Bear RidgeHiking5.5 mi
- Evitts CreekCanoeing8 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
