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Heath Street City Farm

Heath Street City Farm from directly overhead

Heath Street City Farm is a garden in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Ivy Hill stands 200 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Light Street City Farm, a garden 0.1 miles away. Baltimore's Historic Charles Street runs past it. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Baltimore City Department of Recreation & Parks

How to reach it

Coordinates39.27045, -76.61369

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Light Street City Farm: 0.1 mi
  • Pigtown Food For Thought Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Pigtown Food For Thought Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Mount Clare Street Community Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Pope John Paul II Prayer Garden: 1.7 mi
Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
Nature reserves
Peaks: 27
  • Federal Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Tank Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Bend Hill: 5.1 mi
  • German Hill: 5.2 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • Etting Park: Hope Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Glen Artney Area: 6.6 mi
  • Avalon Area: 6.7 mi
  • Hilton Shelters: 7.2 mi
  • Orange Grove Area: 7.6 mi
Beaches: 16
Cliffs: 10
  • Quarry (former): 9.3 mi
  • Quarry (former): 9.3 mi
  • Quarry (former): 9.4 mi
  • Friction Wall: 9.5 mi
  • Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 11.0 mi
Springs: 5
  • Crises Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Marble Springs: 11.1 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 23.6 mi
  • Indian Springs: 24.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy HillNNW 346°200 m13.4 mi
Oregon RidgeNNW 346°191 m15.5 mi
Chestnut HillW 280°169 m9.9 mi
The BunkerNW 311°157 m19.5 mi
Abell RidgeN 354°155 m9.8 mi
Satyr HillNNE 22°151 m10.0 mi
Cherry HillNNE 32°149 m17.0 mi
Cub HillNNE 27°147 m11.0 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, under a mile away.

  • White-throated Sparrow1,067 obs
  • Mallard926 obs
  • Common Yellowthroat545 obs
  • Ovenbird514 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron461 obs
  • House Sparrow419 obs
  • Atlantic Blue Crab382 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly352 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/800874712

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