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The Good Shepherd

The Good Shepherd from directly overhead

The Good Shepherd is a historic site in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 70 m. Spook Hill stands 233 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Santa Rosa Labyrinth, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Baltimore's Historic Charles Street passes 0.9 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1939
Material
marble

How to reach it

Coordinates39.32801, -76.60145

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Parks
  • ThanksGiving Place: 0.1 mi
  • Waverly Mini Park: 0.3 mi
  • Montpelier & 30th Street Park: 0.3 mi
  • Coldstream Park: 0.4 mi
  • Alameda Circle: 0.4 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Reese Street Garden: 0.3 mi
  • The Harvest: 0.3 mi
  • Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Ryda and Robert H. Levi Sculpture Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Baltimore Museum of Art Sculpture Gardens: 0.9 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Peaks: 28
  • Prospect Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Bend Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Federal Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Luskins Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Church on the Rock: 5.5 mi
Picnic sites: 19
Beaches: 12
Cliffs: 10
  • Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 7.0 mi
  • Old Quarry: 7.0 mi
  • Loch Raven Cliffs: 8.5 mi
  • Quarry (former): 10.9 mi
  • Quarry (former): 11.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 3
  • Crises Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 2.3 mi
  • Marble Springs: 7.2 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spook HillNNW 344°233 m22.2 mi
Ivy HillNNW 337°200 m9.9 mi
Oregon RidgeNNW 338°191 m11.9 mi
Chestnut HillWSW 258°169 m10.7 mi
The BunkerWNW 300°157 m17.7 mi
Abell RidgeNNW 344°155 m6.0 mi
Satyr HillNNE 30°151 m6.1 mi
Cherry HillNE 39°149 m13.4 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 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, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6515689972

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