Eckhart Mines, Maryland — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Eckhart Mines, Allegany County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Eckhart Mines. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Eckhart Mines is published on the Greater Cumberland Regional Airport (KCBE) page, 12 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 4 airfields within reach of Eckhart Mines have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Eckhart Mines: Garrett County Airport (K2G4) 38 km · Somerset County Airport (K2G9) 44 km · Bedford County Airport (KHMZ) 58 km
Conditions reported at KCBE describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Eckhart Mines specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Eckhart Mines.
Eckhart Mines lies in a fold of Allegany County, where the land rises in steep, forested shoulders, cradling a landscape of weathered wood and stoic stone. It lies 15.3 miles west of Allegany, MD (from Allegany, MD: bearing 277°T), and is situated 7.2 miles west of Cumberland. The air here, especially in the quiet of early morning, carries the cool, damp breath of the surrounding hills, a scent of pine needles and the rich, dark earth that has long defined this place. The houses, many painted in practical, unpretentious hues, seem to anchor themselves to the slopes, their porches offering views of the hazy, blue-green expanse that stretches towards the horizon. A sense of enduring presence, of lives lived with a certain quiet fortitude, seems to emanate from the very grain of the clapboard siding and the sturdy foundations. The narrative of Eckhart Mines is inextricably bound to the deep veins of coal that once pulsed beneath its surface, a history etched into the very topography of the region. For generations, the rhythm of life here was dictated by the clang of pickaxes and the rumble of mine cars, an economy built on the arduous labor of extracting the black gold from the earth. Though the mines are largely silent now, their legacy persists in the resilient spirit of the people and the enduring connection to the land that sustained them. Small businesses, the quiet hum of everyday commerce, now occupy the spaces where industry once roared, a testament to adaptation and the persistent, gentle persistence of life.
Live animated radar for Eckhart Mines and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
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| Location | Eckhart Mines, Allegany County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39.652587°N, 78.896967°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 21532, 21528 |
| Area Code | 410, 443 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Eckhart Mines, Maryland, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Eckhart Mines includes coordinates 39.652587°N, 78.896967°W, situated in Allegany County. ZIP code 21532, 21528. Telephone area code: 410, 443. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.