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Spring Garden

Spring Garden from directly overhead

Spring Garden is a historic site in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 271 m. High Rock stands 353 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Hampstead War Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Horses and Hounds Scenic Byway passes 1.8 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

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Inscription
Christopher Vaughn laid out the town of Hampstead in 1786 on land called Spring Garden, located along the Indian path from Patapsco (Baltimore) to Letort's Spring (Carlisle) which had been marked by Christopher Gist and made a public road in 1738. Marylan
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Coordinates39.60742, -76.85092

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Hampstead War Memorial: 0.0 mi
  • Paper Mill: 6.9 mi
  • Mill Dam: 7.2 mi
  • Paper Mill: 7.3 mi
  • Paper Mill: 7.3 mi
Parks
  • Hampstead Municipal Park: 0.2 mi
  • Hampstead Lions Park: 0.3 mi
  • Leister Park: 0.4 mi
  • Chief Sites Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
  • Hampstead Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • The Luna Moth Project: 7.8 mi
  • Wild Imaginings: 8.0 mi
  • The Last Samurai: 12.3 mi
  • Maryland in Blue and Gray: 12.4 mi
  • Tiger: 13.9 mi
Gardens
  • Kids Garden: 11.5 mi
  • Pollinator Garden: 11.5 mi
  • Community Garden: 11.6 mi
  • Trish Harper Graduation Garden: 15.5 mi
  • Filbert/Diller Corner Garden: 15.6 mi
Museums: 46
Peaks: 37
  • Dover Hill: 5.9 mi
  • Spook Hill: 7.3 mi
  • Carroll County Highpoint: 8.2 mi
  • Beecher Hill: 8.9 mi
  • The Bunker: 10.7 mi
Attractions: 31
Picnic sites: 12
  • Cape Horn Picnic Grove: 3.0 mi
  • Timber Tent: 12.0 mi
  • Pecos Tent: 12.0 mi
  • Nordic Grove: 12.1 mi
  • Pickall Area: 21.3 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • \: 12.1 mi
  • Setters Formation: 12.8 mi
  • Loch Raven Cliffs: 19.7 mi
  • Old Quarry: 20.8 mi
  • Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 20.9 mi
Springs: 6
  • Koontz Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Marble Springs: 21.0 mi
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 22.3 mi
  • Crises Spring: 22.5 mi
  • Spangler's Spring: 24.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Truck Rest Area: 24.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High RockNNW 343°353 m18.4 mi
Carroll County HighpointNNW 332°344 m8.2 mi
Beecher HillN 357°324 m8.9 mi
Huntrick HillNNE 14°310 m13.9 mi
Pigeon HillNNW 334°285 m19.3 mi
Saubel HillNNE 13°277 m11.3 mi
Big Round TopWNW 301°235 m24.1 mi
Spook HillENE 75°233 m7.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4419:20
June solstice05:4119:5920:39
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:2516:0416:47

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442536270757367554536
Precip in3.62.94.13.84.03.84.74.25.14.23.44.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millers 4 NE, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12945625983

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