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Cal Ripken Senior

Cal Ripken Senior from directly overhead

Cal Ripken Senior is a historic site in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 67 m. Spook Hill stands 233 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Memorial Field at the Y, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Baltimore's Historic Charles Street passes 0.9 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
metal

How to reach it

Coordinates39.32944, -76.60146

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • ThanksGiving Place: 0.0 mi
  • Alameda Circle: 0.4 mi
  • Montpelier & 30th Street Park: 0.4 mi
  • Waverly Mini Park: 0.4 mi
  • Chestnut Hill Park: 0.4 mi
Attractions
Historic sites: 59
Gardens: 57
  • The Harvest: 0.4 mi
  • Reese Street Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Ryda and Robert H. Levi Sculpture Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Baltimore Museum of Art Sculpture Gardens: 0.9 mi
  • New Antioch Baptist Church Sacred Garden: 1.1 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Peaks: 28
  • Prospect Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Bend Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Federal Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Luskins Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Church on the Rock: 5.4 mi
Picnic sites: 15
Beaches: 12
Cliffs: 8
  • Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 6.9 mi
  • Old Quarry: 7.0 mi
  • Loch Raven Cliffs: 8.4 mi
  • Quarry (former): 11.0 mi
  • Friction Wall: 11.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 3
  • Crises Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 2.3 mi
  • Marble Springs: 7.1 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spook HillNNW233 m22.1 mi
Ivy HillNNW200 m9.8 mi
Oregon RidgeNNW191 m11.8 mi
Chestnut HillWSW169 m10.7 mi
The BunkerWNW157 m17.6 mi
Abell RidgeNNW155 m5.9 mi
Satyr HillNNE151 m6.1 mi
Cherry HillNE149 m13.3 mi

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 solstice07:2316:0516:47

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, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7806724895

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