Rainwater Garden
Rainwater Garden is a garden in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Lawyers Hill stands 81 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Ptolemy Stone, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Roots and Tides Byway passes 0.3 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- St. John's College
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Roots and Tides Byway
- 9.5 mi off the Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway, National
- 17.0 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 20.0 mi off the National Historic Seaport
Overlooks nearby
- Rappe's Overlook · 18 mi
- Elephant Overlook · 25 mi
- Friction Wall Overlook · 25 mi
- Quarry Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ptolemy Stone: 0.1 mi
- French Monument: 0.1 mi
- Louis Goldstein: 0.1 mi
- Liberty Bell Replica: 0.2 mi
- World War I Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Naval Academy Museum: 0.3 mi
- Banneker-Douglass Museum: 0.3 mi
- Banneker-Douglass Museum of Afro-American Life and History: 0.4 mi
- Museum of Historic Annapolis: 0.5 mi
- Victualling Warehouse Maritime Museum: 0.6 mi
- Paca Gardens: 0.4 mi
- Bay Ridge Trust: 2.5 mi
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Conservation Easement: 3.8 mi
- Brewers Pond Natural Area: 4.6 mi
- Sahlin Forest Legacy Easement: 5.0 mi
- Radford Terrace: 0.4 mi
- Naval Academy Terrace: 0.4 mi
- Acton Cove Park: 0.5 mi
- Conduit Street Park: 0.5 mi
- Newman Street Park: 0.6 mi
- Tawe's Garden: 0.5 mi
- Garden of Queen Anne: 8.9 mi
- Mother's Garden: 9.4 mi
- Community Gardens: 9.4 mi
- The Island at Piney Orchard: 12.5 mi
- former Confederate Soldier Benjamin Welch Owens: 14.4 mi
- Lighthouse: 15.5 mi
- Propel: 17.4 mi
- Unity: 17.6 mi
- A Bird Flying North: 17.8 mi
- F-14A Tomcat: 0.3 mi
- EA-6B Growler: 0.3 mi
- F-4A Phantom II: 0.4 mi
- M60: 2.2 mi
- Historic London Town and Gardens: 3.9 mi
- North Severn Beach: 1.1 mi
- Severn Beach: 1.1 mi
- Lindamoor Community Beach: 1.8 mi
- Carr's Beach: 1.8 mi
- Sparrows Beach: 2.0 mi
- Picnic Area 10: 17.5 mi
- Picnic Area 14: 17.5 mi
- Picnic Area 11: 17.5 mi
- Picnic Area 13: 17.5 mi
- Picnic Area 12: 17.5 mi
- Wiona Cliffs: 4.2 mi
- Stony Bar Bluff: 15.1 mi
- Blackbeards Bluff: 16.5 mi
- Owings Cliffs: 16.7 mi
- Fairhaven Cliffs: 17.0 mi
- Mount Misery: 5.8 mi
- Eagle Hill: 7.4 mi
- Tank Hill: 19.6 mi
- Lawyers Hill: 20.4 mi
- German Hill: 20.5 mi
- Cascade Falls: 22.5 mi
- failed mill dam: 23.4 mi
- Round Falls: 24.5 mi
- Thomas Point Shoal Light: 6.5 mi
- Hawkins Point Light: 15.7 mi
- Indian Springs: 21.5 mi
- Crises Spring: 24.9 mi
- Wilson: 18.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rainwater Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawyers Hill | NW 322° | 81 m | 20.4 mi |
| German Hill | N 357° | 45 m | 20.5 mi |
| Mount Misery | NNW 335° | 43 m | 5.8 mi |
| Eagle Hill | N 3° | 43 m | 7.4 mi |
| Federal Hill | NNW 343° | 13 m | 21.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:56 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:06 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 38 | 46 | 55 | 65 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Annapolis US Naval Academy ASO, under a mile away.
- Mallard179 obs
- Great Blue Heron140 obs
- Trumpeter Swan129 obs
- Wood Duck129 obs
- American Robin77 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel69 obs
- Huron Skipper64 obs
- Northern Cardinal63 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/310444174
Day trips start here
- Severna Park · 8 mi
- Kent Island · 10 mi
- Bowie · 14 mi
- Glen Burnie · 14 mi
- Rock Hall · 17 mi
- Linthicum · 18 mi
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