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Solar Totum IV

Solar Totum IV from directly overhead

Solar Totum IV is an artwork in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 49 m. Spook Hill stands 233 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Great Blacks In Wax Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Baltimore's Historic Charles Street passes 1.2 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1975
Material
steel

How to reach it

Coordinates39.31332, -76.59470

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Darley Park: 0.2 mi
  • Bethel Street Playscape: 0.4 mi
  • Lafayette & Aiken Park: 0.4 mi
  • Oliver Park: 0.4 mi
  • Humanim Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Fort Worthington Community Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Reese Street Garden: 0.9 mi
  • New Antioch Baptist Church Sacred Garden: 1.1 mi
  • The Harvest: 1.1 mi
  • Frank M. Houck Memorial Garden: 1.2 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
Peaks: 28
  • Federal Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Bend Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Tank Hill: 4.7 mi
  • German Hill: 4.8 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • Etting Park: Hope Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Glen Artney Area: 9.0 mi
  • Avalon Area: 9.1 mi
  • Hilton Shelters: 9.3 mi
  • Orange Grove Area: 9.7 mi
Beaches: 12
Cliffs: 10
  • Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 7.8 mi
  • Old Quarry: 7.8 mi
  • Loch Raven Cliffs: 9.3 mi
  • Quarry (former): 10.9 mi
  • Quarry (former): 10.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 3
  • Crises Spring: 2.7 mi
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 2.8 mi
  • Marble Springs: 8.0 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spook HillNNW 344°233 m23.2 mi
Ivy HillNNW 337°200 m10.9 mi
Oregon RidgeNNW 338°191 m13.0 mi
Chestnut HillW 264°169 m10.9 mi
The BunkerWNW 302°157 m18.5 mi
Abell RidgeNNW 343°155 m7.1 mi
Satyr HillNNE 23°151 m6.9 mi
Cherry HillNE 35°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 solstice07:2316:0516:47

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, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7833999827

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