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Conkling Street Garden

Conkling Street Garden from directly overhead

Conkling Street Garden is a garden in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Ivy Hill stands 200 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Harry & Jeanette Weinberg, a historic site 0.1 miles away. National Historic Seaport passes 0.8 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates39.29206, -76.56703

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Harry & Jeanette Weinberg: 0.1 mi
  • Vincent Paul Galeano Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Pulaski Monument: 0.6 mi
  • Gold Star Mothers Memorial Flagstaff: 0.6 mi
  • Spanish-American War Memorial: 0.7 mi
Artworks
Parks
  • Janney Street Park: 0.4 mi
  • Library Square: 0.6 mi
  • Frank C. Bocek Park: 0.8 mi
  • Two Rivers Park: 0.8 mi
  • Orangeville Park: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 27
  • Federal Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Tank Hill: 2.6 mi
  • German Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 4.9 mi
  • Bend Hill: 5.5 mi
Picnic sites: 16
Beaches: 16
Cliffs: 10
  • Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 8.9 mi
  • Old Quarry: 8.9 mi
  • Loch Raven Cliffs: 10.5 mi
  • Quarry (former): 11.9 mi
  • Quarry (former): 12.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 3
  • Crises Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Marble Springs: 9.0 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy HillNNW 334°200 m12.9 mi
Oregon RidgeNNW 335°191 m14.9 mi
Chestnut HillW 271°169 m12.3 mi
The BunkerWNW 303°157 m20.5 mi
Abell RidgeNNW 337°155 m9.0 mi
Satyr HillN 9°151 m7.9 mi
Cherry HillNNE 27°149 m14.4 mi
Cub HillNNE 16°147 m8.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:18
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, 3 mi away.

  • Mallard478 obs
  • Ivy-leaved toadflax342 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron303 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird211 obs
  • Pond Slider201 obs
  • American Bullfrog199 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly199 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel184 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/890858316

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