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Owl

Owl from directly overhead

Owl is an artwork in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 71 m. Spook Hill stands 233 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Bufano Sculpture Garden, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Baltimore's Historic Charles Street runs past it. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1960
Material
stone

How to reach it

Coordinates39.33153, -76.62070

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bufano Sculpture Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Keyser Quad: 0.2 mi
  • Bishop Square Park: 0.2 mi
  • Johns Hopkins Beach: 0.2 mi
  • Gateway Park: 0.3 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Rowland Circle Spectrograph: 0.1 mi
  • "Isaac Newton" Apple Tree: 0.1 mi
  • Sidney Lanier Monument: 0.1 mi
  • Clover Hill: 0.2 mi
  • Homewood: 0.2 mi
Gardens
Attractions
  • Miracle on 34th Street: 0.5 mi
  • Santa Rosa Labyrinth: 1.0 mi
  • Pearson florist (where Bodie buys flowers): 1.4 mi
  • Howard P. Rawlings Conservatory: 1.6 mi
  • Shield of Baltimore City: 2.8 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 28
  • Prospect Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Bend Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Federal Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Luskins Hill: 5.5 mi
  • Abell Ridge: 5.6 mi
Picnic sites: 19
Beaches: 12
Cliffs: 10
  • Old Quarry: 7.3 mi
  • Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 7.3 mi
  • Loch Raven Cliffs: 8.7 mi
  • Quarry (former): 10.1 mi
  • Quarry (former): 10.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 3
  • Crises Spring: 1.3 mi
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 1.3 mi
  • Marble Springs: 7.5 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spook HillNNW 346°233 m21.6 mi
Ivy HillNNW 342°200 m9.3 mi
Oregon RidgeNNW 342°191 m11.3 mi
Chestnut HillWSW 255°169 m9.7 mi
The BunkerWNW 301°157 m16.7 mi
Abell RidgeN 353°155 m5.6 mi
Satyr HillNE 39°151 m6.5 mi
Cherry HillNE 43°149 m13.9 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 solstice07:2416:0516:47

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353744556473787568574839

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cylburn, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9175396760

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