Black Butterfly Teaching Farm
Black Butterfly Teaching Farm is a garden in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 33 m. Ivy Hill stands 200 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Bay Brook Park, a park 0.1 miles away. National Historic Seaport passes 2.6 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Farm Alliance
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the National Historic Seaport
- 2.9 mi off the Baltimore's Historic Charles Street, National
- 4.2 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 5.7 mi off the Falls Road
Overlooks nearby
- Rappe's Overlook · 6 mi
- Elephant Overlook · 7 mi
- Friction Wall Overlook · 11 mi
- Quarry Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bay Brook Park: 0.1 mi
- Curtis Bay Park: 0.4 mi
- Farring Baybrook Park: 0.4 mi
- Duane Avenue Park: 0.5 mi
- Arundel Village Park: 0.6 mi
- Baltimore Love Project Mural: 0.2 mi
- Unity: 0.3 mi
- A Bird Flying North: 0.4 mi
- Patapsco River Project: 1.8 mi
- Orpheus with the Awkward Foot: 2.5 mi
- Filbert Street Garden: 0.3 mi
- Light Street City Farm: 3.1 mi
- Heath Street City Farm: 3.1 mi
- Cimaglia Park City Farm: 4.1 mi
- Audubon Pollinator Garden for Native Plants: 4.1 mi
- Garrett Park Monument: 1.0 mi
- K-612: 2.0 mi
- I-631: 2.0 mi
- I-632: 2.1 mi
- Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Monument: 2.2 mi
- Masonville Cove Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership: 1.2 mi
- Fort Carroll Sanctuary: 4.1 mi
- Rosemont Park: 6.1 mi
- Quarterfield Crossing: 6.1 mi
- Longhill Fire Tower: 7.0 mi
- Captain Trash Wheel: 1.2 mi
- NS Savannah: 2.9 mi
- SS John W. Brown: 3.0 mi
- Gwynnda the Good Wheel of the West: 3.4 mi
- Professor Trash Wheel: 3.6 mi
- Fort McHenry Visitor Center: 2.6 mi
- Baltimore Immigration Museum: 3.0 mi
- Baltimore Museum of Industry: 3.2 mi
- History of the Inner harbor Exhibit: 3.4 mi
- Frederick-Douglass Maritime Museum: 3.5 mi
- Federal Hill: 3.6 mi
- Tank Hill: 4.0 mi
- German Hill: 5.4 mi
- Lawyers Hill: 7.3 mi
- Prospect Hill: 7.5 mi
- Etting Park: Hope Garden: 5.7 mi
- Avalon Area: 7.1 mi
- Glen Artney Area: 7.3 mi
- Hilton Shelters: 8.2 mi
- Orange Grove Area: 8.5 mi
- Dog Beach: 11.7 mi
- Herald Harbor Beach 1: 12.5 mi
- Miami Beach: 13.1 mi
- Gibson Island Beach: 13.5 mi
- Lake Claire Beach: 14.5 mi
- Quarry (former): 10.6 mi
- Quarry (former): 10.7 mi
- Quarry (former): 10.8 mi
- Friction Wall: 10.9 mi
- Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 13.4 mi
- Crises Spring: 7.1 mi
- Mountain Pass Spring: 7.3 mi
- Marble Springs: 13.6 mi
- Indian Springs: 22.6 mi
- Sandy Spring: 23.7 mi
- failed mill dam: 6.0 mi
- Round Falls: 6.7 mi
- Cascade Falls: 8.5 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 17.8 mi
- Hawkins Point Light: 3.5 mi
- Thomas Point Shoal Light: 24.3 mi
- Daniels: 13.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Black Butterfly Teaching Farm. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivy Hill | NNW 345° | 200 m | 16.5 mi |
| Oregon Ridge | NNW 345° | 191 m | 18.5 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | WNW 293° | 169 m | 11.8 mi |
| The Bunker | NW 315° | 157 m | 22.2 mi |
| Abell Ridge | N 351° | 155 m | 12.8 mi |
| Satyr Hill | NNE 12° | 151 m | 12.5 mi |
| Cherry Hill | NNE 25° | 149 m | 19.0 mi |
| Cub Hill | NNE 17° | 147 m | 13.3 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 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:05 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 39 | 47 | 58 | 67 | 77 | 82 | 79 | 73 | 61 | 50 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maryland SCI CTR, 4 mi away.
- Bald Eagle163 obs
- Monarch124 obs
- White-tailed Deer115 obs
- Pond Slider93 obs
- Northern Mockingbird91 obs
- groundsel tree84 obs
- Common Buckeye83 obs
- Mallard77 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1367843469
Day trips start here
- Baltimore/South Baltimore · 1 mi
- Baltimore · 4 mi
- Baltimore/Downtown · 4 mi
- Baltimore/Fells Point · 4 mi
- Baltimore/Inner Harbor · 4 mi
- Baltimore/Southeast Baltimore · 4 mi
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