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Senior Garden

Senior Garden from directly overhead

Senior Garden is a garden in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 121 m. Spook Hill stands 233 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Boys' Latin School of Military History Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Falls Road passes 0.7 miles off. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Boys' Latin
Access
Private
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.37265, -76.63605

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Historic sites
Parks
  • Poplar Hill Park: 0.7 mi
  • Jones Falls Greenway: 0.8 mi
  • Jones Falls Greenway: 0.8 mi
  • Jones Falls Greenway: 0.9 mi
  • Sabina Mattfeldt Park: 0.9 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Nature reserves
Attractions: 51
  • Opossum House: 0.6 mi
  • COVID-19 Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Dumbarton Farm Pillar: 0.9 mi
  • Mt Washington Octagon: 1.0 mi
  • The Ruxton Playhouse: 1.6 mi
Peaks: 29
  • Bend Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Abell Ridge: 2.7 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Luskins Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Church on the Rock: 4.3 mi
Picnic sites: 18
Cliffs: 10
  • Old Quarry: 5.9 mi
  • Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 5.9 mi
  • Loch Raven Cliffs: 6.8 mi
  • Setters Formation: 8.9 mi
  • Quarry (former): 11.2 mi
Beaches: 7
Waterfalls: 5
Springs: 3
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Crises Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Marble Springs: 6.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spook HillNNW 346°233 m18.7 mi
Ivy HillNNW 341°200 m6.3 mi
Oregon RidgeNNW 341°191 m8.4 mi
Chestnut HillWSW 238°169 m10.1 mi
The BunkerWNW 293°157 m14.6 mi
Abell RidgeN 4°155 m2.7 mi
Satyr HillENE 66°151 m5.4 mi
Cherry HillNE 55°149 m12.6 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–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353744556473787568574839

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cylburn, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • lesser celandine282 obs
  • American Robin236 obs
  • Northern Cardinal221 obs
  • White-tailed Deer220 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly165 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel151 obs
  • Western Honey Bee142 obs
  • wineberry140 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/745999928

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