Enlightment
Enlightment is an artwork in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 126 m. Spook Hill stands 233 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Towanda Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Falls Road passes 1.7 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Bronze figures of two children (a boy and girl) sitting back to back on top of a globe atop a stack of large granite books.
What the record says
- Built
- 1999
- Material
- bronze
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Falls Road
- 3.3 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 2.6 mi off the Baltimore's Historic Charles Street, National
- 4.3 mi off the National Historic Seaport
Overlooks nearby
- Elephant Overlook · 2 mi
- Quarry Overlook · 4 mi
- Abandoned Quarry · 4 mi
- Old Transmission Tower · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Towanda Park: 0.2 mi
- Shirley Avenue Street Park: 0.3 mi
- Keyworth Avenue Park: 0.4 mi
- Candy Stripe Park: 0.4 mi
- Classen & Park Heights Park: 0.5 mi
- Towanda LaneScape: 0.4 mi
- Cold Spring Outcrop: 0.5 mi
- Edgecombe Park: 0.9 mi
- The Rescue: 0.9 mi
- Titan: 0.9 mi
- Victorine Q. Adams Memorial Garden: 0.9 mi
- Arlington INSPIRE Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Ash Street Garden: 1.5 mi
- ACCE Garden: 1.6 mi
- Roosevelt City Farm: 1.6 mi
- Edgar Daniel Draper: 1.0 mi
- West Arlington Water Tower: 1.1 mi
- Old Baltimore City NW Cornerstone: 1.3 mi
- Richard Wagner Memorial Bust: 1.4 mi
- Columbus Monument: 1.6 mi
- Amaranthine Museum: 1.2 mi
- Baltimore Museum of Art: 2.6 mi
- Homewood Museum: 2.6 mi
- Evergreen Museum & Library: 2.8 mi
- Baltimore Streetcar Museum: 2.8 mi
- African Journey: 1.3 mi
- Rosemont Park: 2.4 mi
- Burnside Park: 2.8 mi
- Creekside at Quarry Lake: 3.6 mi
- Gwynns Falls Stream Valley Park: 4.5 mi
- Howard P. Rawlings Conservatory: 1.5 mi
- Old Streetcar Bridge Abutment: 1.8 mi
- Miracle on 34th Street: 2.1 mi
- Dickeyville Historic District: 2.2 mi
- Carrie Murray Nature Center: 2.2 mi
- Bend Hill: 1.2 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.2 mi
- Federal Hill: 4.7 mi
- Abell Ridge: 5.9 mi
- Luskins Hill: 7.2 mi
- Etting Park: Hope Garden: 2.6 mi
- Pickall Area: 6.5 mi
- Hollofield Shelters: 6.8 mi
- Hilton Shelters: 7.2 mi
- Glen Artney Area: 7.4 mi
- Quarry (former): 8.0 mi
- Quarry (former): 8.0 mi
- Quarry (former): 8.0 mi
- Friction Wall: 8.1 mi
- Old Quarry: 9.0 mi
- Miami Beach: 16.0 mi
- Dog Beach: 19.5 mi
- Herald Harbor Beach 1: 20.2 mi
- Gibson Island Beach: 21.5 mi
- Lake Claire Beach: 22.6 mi
- Mountain Pass Spring: 1.3 mi
- Crises Spring: 1.4 mi
- Marble Springs: 9.2 mi
- Sandy Spring: 23.0 mi
- Round Falls: 2.1 mi
- failed mill dam: 2.6 mi
- Cascade Falls: 7.7 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 11.8 mi
- Daniels: 8.0 mi
- Hawkins Point Light: 11.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Enlightment. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spook Hill | N 353° | 233 m | 21.2 mi |
| Ivy Hill | N 358° | 200 m | 8.9 mi |
| Oregon Ridge | N 355° | 191 m | 10.8 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | WSW 250° | 169 m | 7.3 mi |
| The Bunker | NW 306° | 157 m | 14.6 mi |
| Abell Ridge | NNE 19° | 155 m | 5.9 mi |
| Satyr Hill | NE 52° | 151 m | 8.4 mi |
| Cherry Hill | NE 50° | 149 m | 15.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:57 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:05 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 37 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 48 | 39 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cylburn, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10290634762
Day trips start here
- Baltimore/North Baltimore · 2 mi
- Baltimore/Midtown · 3 mi
- Baltimore/West Baltimore · 3 mi
- Baltimore · 4 mi
- Baltimore/Downtown · 4 mi
- Pikesville · 4 mi
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