Lambs Knoll

Lambs Knoll is a 1,758-foot peak on Maryland’s South Mountain, between Frederick and Washington counties and the range’s second-highest point in the state. It marks where South Mountain shifts from a narrow ridge to a broader plateau near Catoctin Mountain. Long known as Lamb’s Old Field, likely for Milton and Mary Lamb, who may have farmed the summit in the 1830s, it kept that name through the Civil War and perhaps later. The modern name appeared in 1934 with a Civilian Conservation Corps fire tower. Today it is a prominent Appalachian Trail landmark, with nearby White Rocks, former military communications facilities, and aviation infrastructure.

Maryland · United States