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UME Master Gardener Learning Garden

UME Master Gardener Learning Garden from directly overhead

UME Master Gardener Learning Garden is a garden in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 119 m. Carroll County Highpoint stands 344 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad Marble Track Bed, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Baltimore's Historic Charles Street passes 2.1 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
University of Maryland Extension

How to reach it

Coordinates39.44753, -76.63148

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Hunt Ridge Local Open Space: 1.0 mi
  • Valley Fields North: 1.0 mi
  • Valley Fields West: 1.6 mi
  • Valley Fields South: 1.6 mi
  • West Lutherville Park: 1.6 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Trish Harper Graduation Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Middle school garden: 3.1 mi
  • Great Terrace: 3.2 mi
  • Parterres: 3.2 mi
  • Parterres: 3.2 mi
Attractions: 49
Peaks: 34
  • Westridge: 0.4 mi
  • Midridge: 0.7 mi
  • Ivy Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Abell Ridge: 2.5 mi
  • Oregon Ridge: 4.0 mi
Picnic sites: 18
Cliffs: 9
  • Setters Formation: 3.9 mi
  • Loch Raven Cliffs: 4.4 mi
  • Old Quarry: 5.0 mi
  • Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 5.1 mi
  • \: 8.0 mi
Waterfalls: 5
Springs: 3
  • Marble Springs: 5.2 mi
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Crises Spring: 8.5 mi
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carroll County HighpointNW 320°344 m24.1 mi
Beecher HillNNW 329°324 m23.3 mi
Saubel HillNNW 337°277 m23.9 mi
Spook HillNNW 340°233 m13.8 mi
Ivy HillWNW 290°200 m2.4 mi
Oregon RidgeNW 313°191 m4.0 mi
Chestnut HillSW 220°169 m13.7 mi
The BunkerW 272°157 m13.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:19
June solstice05:4019:5720:38
September equinox06:5518:3019:05
December solstice07:2416:0416:47

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, 7 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly50 obs
  • garlic mustard35 obs
  • wineberry34 obs
  • White-tailed Deer31 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail30 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle27 obs
  • American Robin25 obs
  • House Sparrow20 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/1185836622

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