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The Survivor Garden

The Survivor Garden from directly overhead

The Survivor Garden is a garden in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 49 m. Chestnut Hill stands 169 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Testudo (Adele H. Stamp Student Union), a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 2.6 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
2006
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.98772, -76.94428

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Testudo (Adele H. Stamp Student Union): 0.0 mi
  • Jim Henson and Kermit Statue: 0.0 mi
  • Testudo (McKeldin): 0.1 mi
  • Statue of Frederick Douglass: 0.1 mi
  • Testudo (Football Team House): 0.2 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Parks
  • La Plata Beach: 0.3 mi
  • Northgate Urban Park: 0.6 mi
  • Calvert Hills Playground & Athletic Field: 0.8 mi
  • College Park Community Center: 0.9 mi
  • Old Town Playground: 1.0 mi
Attractions
Museums
Picnic sites
Nature reserves
  • Dartmouth Neighborhood Conservation Area: 4.0 mi
  • Hastings Neighborhood Conservation Area: 4.3 mi
  • Calverton Neighborhood Conservation Area: 5.4 mi
  • Birch Drive Neighborhood Conservation Area: 6.0 mi
  • Pinehurst Parkway: 6.1 mi
Peaks: 35
Beaches: 10
  • Fishing Shore: 9.8 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 14.7 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 15.9 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 15.9 mi
  • Herald Harbor Beach 1: 20.6 mi
Cliffs: 9
Springs: 5
  • Indian Springs: 2.8 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Silver Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 11.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Great Falls: 16.6 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 20.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillNNE 20°169 m22.7 mi
Hunting HillWNW 296°156 m15.2 mi
Gantt HillWSW 255°156 m16.1 mi
Black HillNW 306°148 m23.5 mi
Mount DanielWSW 244°144 m14.2 mi
Minor's HillWSW 243°140 m12.9 mi
Freedom HillWSW 255°140 m16.7 mi
Prout HillWSW 241°137 m15.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4319:5720:38
September equinox06:5618:3119:07
December solstice07:2416:0716:49

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343644556473777669574738
Precip in2.92.43.73.34.34.24.53.94.44.02.93.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beltsville, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee894 obs
  • Western Honey Bee868 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird505 obs
  • Huron Skipper485 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee458 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel451 obs
  • White-tailed Deer428 obs
  • Mallard423 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/749288089

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