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Kelly Avenue Bridge Garden

Kelly Avenue Bridge Garden from directly overhead

Kelly Avenue Bridge Garden is a garden in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 66 m. Spook Hill stands 233 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Kelly Avenue Bridge marker, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Falls Road runs past it. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Mount Washington Preservation Trust
Access
Yes
Fee
No

How to reach it

Coordinates39.36672, -76.65180

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Poplar Hill Park: 0.2 mi
  • Sabina Mattfeldt Park: 0.3 mi
  • Jones Falls Greenway: 0.4 mi
  • Jones Falls Greenway: 0.4 mi
  • Jones Falls Greenway: 0.4 mi
Gardens
Artworks
Nature reserves
  • Creekside at Quarry Lake: 2.1 mi
  • African Journey: 2.9 mi
  • Ridervale Park: 3.5 mi
  • Nature conservation easement: 4.2 mi
  • Gwynns Falls Stream Valley Park: 4.6 mi
Attractions: 51
  • Mt Washington Octagon: 0.2 mi
  • Opossum House: 0.9 mi
  • COVID-19 Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Dumbarton Farm Pillar: 1.8 mi
  • The Ruxton Playhouse: 2.3 mi
Peaks: 28
  • Bend Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Abell Ridge: 3.3 mi
  • Luskins Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Church on the Rock: 5.2 mi
Picnic sites: 20
Cliffs: 10
  • Old Quarry: 6.8 mi
  • Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 6.8 mi
  • Loch Raven Cliffs: 7.7 mi
  • Setters Formation: 9.3 mi
  • Quarry (former): 10.3 mi
Beaches: 8
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 3
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 2.8 mi
  • Crises Spring: 3.0 mi
  • Marble Springs: 7.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spook HillN 349°233 m18.9 mi
Ivy HillN 350°200 m6.5 mi
Oregon RidgeNNW 348°191 m8.5 mi
Chestnut HillWSW 238°169 m9.2 mi
The BunkerWNW 296°157 m14.0 mi
Abell RidgeNNE 18°155 m3.3 mi
Satyr HillENE 65°151 m6.4 mi
Cherry HillNE 55°149 m13.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:19
June solstice05:4119:5720:38
September equinox06:5518:3019:05
December solstice07:2416:0516:47

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353744556473787568574839

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cylburn, under a mile away.

  • lesser celandine181 obs
  • White-tailed Deer138 obs
  • garlic mustard114 obs
  • American Toad112 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly109 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty104 obs
  • wineberry99 obs
  • Northern Cardinal98 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/965224681

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