Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, Maryland Weather
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, Maryland — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, Washington County.
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About Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, Maryland
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills unfolds across a landscape where rolling hills, softened by centuries of cultivation, meet the broader, more insistent slopes of the Appalachian foothills. It lies 3.2 miles north of Hagerstown, MD (from Hagerstown, MD: bearing 3°T), and is situated 5.3 miles north of Washington. The air here, especially in the liminal hours of dawn and dusk, carries a particular stillness, a quiet punctuated by the distant lowing of cattle or the rustle of wind through mature oak and maple stands that still claim pockets of the terrain. Creeks, born from springs that give the area its name, carve gentle, meandering paths, their waters reflecting the changing moods of the sky, from the sharp, clear blue of midday to the bruised purples and oranges of sunset. The land feels both ancient and actively tended, a place where the wildness of the past has been carefully, if not entirely, tamed by human hands. The history of Fountainhead-Orchard Hills is deeply rooted in the agricultural bounty of Washington County, a tradition that continues to shape its local economy. For generations, orchards have been a defining feature, their blossoms a fleeting spectacle in spring and their fruit a perennial promise of harvest. This agrarian heritage, coupled with a strong connection to the broader Appalachian economy, has fostered a resilient and close-knit character in Fountainhead-Orchard Hills. While modern development has brought new elements, the echoes of early settlers and the enduring cycles of farming remain palpable, lending a distinct sense of place to the everyday lives of its residents.
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| Location | Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, Washington County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39.6878°N, 77.7173°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 21742 |
| Area Code | 410, 443 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, Maryland, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Fountainhead-Orchard Hills includes coordinates 39.687800°N, 77.717300°W, situated in Washington County. ZIP code 21742. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
