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Fort Carroll

Fort Carroll from directly overhead

Fort Carroll is a historic site in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Ivy Hill stands 200 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Carroll Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. National Historic Seaport passes 4.8 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates39.21458, -76.51922

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Fort Armistead: 0.9 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 3.0 mi
  • World War II Memorial-Point Breeze Works Employees: 3.0 mi
  • Fort Holabird Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • I-631: 3.7 mi
Parks
Museums
Gardens
Artworks
Peaks: 25
  • Tank Hill: 3.5 mi
  • German Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Federal Hill: 6.6 mi
  • Eagle Hill: 8.8 mi
  • Nine Mile Hill: 10.2 mi
Beaches: 23
Picnic sites: 16
Cliffs: 12
  • Wiona Cliffs: 12.8 mi
  • Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 14.2 mi
  • Old Quarry: 14.3 mi
  • Quarry (former): 14.7 mi
  • Quarry (former): 14.7 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 4
  • Crises Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Marble Springs: 14.3 mi
  • Indian Springs: 25.0 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy HillNNW 334°200 m18.8 mi
Oregon RidgeNNW 335°191 m20.8 mi
Chestnut HillWNW 291°169 m15.8 mi
Abell RidgeNNW 336°155 m14.9 mi
Satyr HillN 354°151 m13.2 mi
Cherry HillNNE 13°149 m18.6 mi
Cub HillN 360°147 m13.7 mi
Luskins HillNNW 349°144 m13.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:18
June solstice05:4119:5620:37
September equinox06:5418:3019:05
December solstice07:2316:0516:47

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373947586777827973615041
Precip in3.12.83.93.53.43.44.74.34.53.53.03.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maryland SCI CTR, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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