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Easy Landing

Easy Landing from directly overhead

Easy Landing is an artwork in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Ivy Hill stands 200 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Maryland Science Center, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. National Historic Seaport runs past it. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1978
Material
steel

How to reach it

Coordinates39.28173, -76.61175

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Artworks
Parks
  • Rash Field Park: 0.1 mi
  • West Shore Park: 0.1 mi
  • Robert Baker Park: 0.1 mi
  • Visitor Center Park: 0.2 mi
  • Wheel Park: 0.2 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower: 0.6 mi
  • Fountain at Charles Center: 0.6 mi
  • Fountain at Charles Plaza: 0.7 mi
  • Fountain and Garden at Charles Center: 0.7 mi
  • Shield of Baltimore City: 0.7 mi
Gardens
Nature reserves
Peaks: 27
  • Federal Hill: 0.2 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Tank Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Bend Hill: 4.5 mi
  • German Hill: 5.1 mi
Picnic sites: 17
  • Etting Park: Hope Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Glen Artney Area: 7.1 mi
  • Avalon Area: 7.1 mi
  • Hilton Shelters: 7.6 mi
  • Orange Grove Area: 7.9 mi
Beaches: 16
Cliffs: 10
  • Quarry (former): 9.5 mi
  • Quarry (former): 9.5 mi
  • Quarry (former): 9.6 mi
  • Friction Wall: 9.7 mi
  • Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 10.2 mi
Springs: 5
  • Crises Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 3.5 mi
  • Marble Springs: 10.3 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 24.0 mi
  • Indian Springs: 24.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Easy Landing. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy HillNNW 345°200 m12.7 mi
Oregon RidgeNNW 344°191 m14.7 mi
Chestnut HillW 276°169 m9.9 mi
The BunkerNW 309°157 m19.0 mi
Abell RidgeN 353°155 m9.1 mi
Satyr HillNNE 23°151 m9.3 mi
Cherry HillNNE 34°149 m16.3 mi
Cub HillNNE 28°147 m10.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:19
June solstice05:4119:5720:37
September equinox06:5518:3019:05
December solstice07:2316:0516:47

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373947586777827973615041
Precip in3.12.83.93.53.43.44.74.34.53.53.03.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maryland SCI CTR, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7833960363

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