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Dot's Garden

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Dot's Garden is a garden in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 112 m. Spook Hill stands 233 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Queen Anne's Lace, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Horses and Hounds Scenic Byway passes 4.4 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Bel Air

How to reach it

Coordinates39.53713, -76.34757

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Gardens
Parks
  • Governor Bradford Park: 0.1 mi
  • Frederick Ward Park: 0.1 mi
  • Office Street Pocket Park: 0.1 mi
  • Old Fields Park: 0.3 mi
  • Alice Anne Park: 0.3 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions: 44
  • Sandy Hook Speedway: 6.7 mi
  • Deer Creek Rapids @ Rocks (Class III): 7.6 mi
  • Willow Grove Barn: 13.5 mi
  • Spring House: 13.5 mi
  • Northampton Furnace: 14.6 mi
Peaks: 43
Cliffs: 13
  • Green Quarry: 11.4 mi
  • Loch Raven Cliffs: 12.5 mi
  • Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 13.2 mi
  • Old Quarry: 13.3 mi
  • The Eye: 13.5 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Rock Ridge Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
  • Wilson's Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
  • Hills Grove Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
  • Deer Creek Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
  • Pecos Tent: 18.1 mi
Beaches: 7
Springs: 4
  • Marble Springs: 13.1 mi
  • Black Barren Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 21.5 mi
  • Crises Spring: 21.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spook HillWNW 289°233 m20.9 mi
Ivy HillWSW 253°200 m18.2 mi
Oregon RidgeW 259°191 m18.4 mi
Abell RidgeWSW 240°155 m17.5 mi
Satyr HillSW 229°151 m13.9 mi
Cherry HillSW 231°149 m6.5 mi
Cub HillSW 227°147 m12.6 mi
Luskins HillSW 231°144 m15.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:18
June solstice05:3919:5620:37
September equinox06:5418:2919:04
December solstice07:2316:0316:45

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333643546372777569574638
Precip in3.32.84.13.54.04.34.84.24.84.23.33.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Aberdeen Phillips FLD, 11 mi away.

  • Monarch48 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail41 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly36 obs
  • Huron Skipper33 obs
  • Canada Goose27 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit27 obs
  • American Toad27 obs
  • House Sparrow26 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/779199833

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