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Mount Royal School Community Garden

Mount Royal School Community Garden from directly overhead

Mount Royal School Community Garden is a garden in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Spook Hill stands 233 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Nut and Bolt, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Baltimore's Historic Charles Street passes 0.4 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Baltimore City Public School System
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.30860, -76.62406

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Rutter's Mill Park: 0.1 mi
  • Park Avenue Median Park: 0.2 mi
  • Douglas R. Morrison Park: 0.2 mi
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald Park: 0.2 mi
  • Mosher Street Park: 0.2 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Ana Maria's Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Billie Holiday Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Whitelock Community Farm: 0.7 mi
  • Whitelock Community Farm: 0.7 mi
  • New Antioch Baptist Church Sacred Garden: 0.7 mi
Museums
Attractions: 60
  • Pearson florist (where Bodie buys flowers): 0.4 mi
  • Shield of Baltimore City: 1.3 mi
  • Fountain and Garden at Charles Center: 1.3 mi
  • Fountain at Charles Plaza: 1.3 mi
  • Fountain at Charles Center: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 28
  • Prospect Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Federal Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Bend Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Tank Hill: 5.7 mi
  • German Hill: 6.1 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Etting Park: Hope Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Glen Artney Area: 7.6 mi
  • Avalon Area: 7.8 mi
  • Hilton Shelters: 7.8 mi
  • Orange Grove Area: 8.2 mi
Beaches: 12
Cliffs: 10
  • Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 8.8 mi
  • Old Quarry: 8.8 mi
  • Quarry (former): 9.3 mi
  • Quarry (former): 9.4 mi
  • Quarry (former): 9.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 4
  • Crises Spring: 1.5 mi
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 1.6 mi
  • Marble Springs: 8.9 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 24.2 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spook HillNNW 348°233 m23.1 mi
Ivy HillNNW 346°200 m10.7 mi
Oregon RidgeNNW 345°191 m12.8 mi
Chestnut HillW 264°169 m9.3 mi
The BunkerNW 306°157 m17.4 mi
Abell RidgeN 356°155 m7.1 mi
Satyr HillNNE 33°151 m7.9 mi
Cherry HillNE 39°149 m15.2 mi
Conditions

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 solstice07:2416:0516:47

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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-throated Sparrow1,069 obs
  • Common Yellowthroat494 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly489 obs
  • Ovenbird452 obs
  • Mallard434 obs
  • House Sparrow400 obs
  • Song Sparrow303 obs
  • American Robin300 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1090549206

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