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City of Baltimore Fire Museum

City of Baltimore Fire Museum from directly overhead

City of Baltimore Fire Museum is a museum in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. Spook Hill stands 233 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Fireman Saving a Child, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Baltimore's Historic Charles Street passes 0.5 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
9 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.29524, -76.60551

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Saint Vincent de Paul Church Park: 0.3 mi
  • Veteran's Park: 0.3 mi
  • Shot Tower: 0.3 mi
  • War Memorial Plaza: 0.4 mi
  • Shot Tower Metro Park: 0.4 mi
Gardens
Attractions
  • Church Hospital: 0.6 mi
  • Fountain at Charles Center: 0.6 mi
  • Shield of Baltimore City: 0.6 mi
  • Fountain at Charles Plaza: 0.6 mi
  • Fountain and Garden at Charles Center: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 28
  • Federal Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Bend Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Tank Hill: 4.4 mi
  • German Hill: 4.9 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Etting Park: Hope Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Glen Artney Area: 7.8 mi
  • Avalon Area: 7.9 mi
  • Hilton Shelters: 8.2 mi
  • Orange Grove Area: 8.6 mi
Beaches: 15
Cliffs: 10
  • Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 9.2 mi
  • Old Quarry: 9.2 mi
  • Quarry (former): 10.0 mi
  • Quarry (former): 10.0 mi
  • Quarry (former): 10.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 4
  • Crises Spring: 2.8 mi
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 3.0 mi
  • Marble Springs: 9.3 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 24.7 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spook HillNNW 346°233 m24.3 mi
Ivy HillNNW 342°200 m11.9 mi
Oregon RidgeNNW 342°191 m13.9 mi
Chestnut HillW 270°169 m10.2 mi
The BunkerNW 306°157 m18.7 mi
Abell RidgeN 350°155 m8.2 mi
Satyr HillNNE 24°151 m8.3 mi
Cherry HillNE 34°149 m15.3 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–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, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/336338342

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