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Beth's Garden

Beth's Garden from directly overhead

Beth's Garden is a historic site in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 721 m. Hoye-Crest stands 1,027 m to the south-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Garrett County Historical Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Mountain Maryland Byway runs past it.

What the record says

Material
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Inscription
BETH's GARDEN||B&O Iron Fencing from||Deer Park Hotel Fountain||in Memory of||Beth (Shirer) Callis Friend

How to reach it

Coordinates39.40913, -79.40829

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 58
  • Rotary Park: 0.0 mi
  • Pocket Park: 0.1 mi
  • Veteran's Park: 0.2 mi
  • Arboretum: 1.5 mi
  • Broadford Park: 2.1 mi
Historic sites: 13
Nature reserves: 9
Waterfalls: 9
Museums: 6
Attractions: 6
  • Pleasant Valley Dreamrides: 3.8 mi
  • Mountain Coaster: 10.4 mi
  • Old Cherry Glade Meetinghouse: 15.9 mi
  • eroded outcropping: 17.1 mi
  • Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Blind Skier and Camper Art Installation: 12.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Beth's Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hoye-CrestSSW 199°1,027 m12.6 mi
Wild Turkey RockE 80°984 m8.2 mi
Roth RockSSW 194°983 m10.2 mi
Roger Camp HillSSW 193°979 m16.0 mi
Allegheny HeightsSSE 164°977 m5.5 mi
Conneway HillS 182°973 m7.2 mi
Shaffer MountainSW 231°972 m8.0 mi
Black RockESE 106°963 m16.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5419:30
June solstice05:5220:0820:49
September equinox07:0618:4119:16
December solstice07:3516:1616:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495967716962514133
Precip in3.93.64.34.35.34.95.14.33.73.63.44.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oakland 1 SE, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13069898180

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