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Flag House and Star-Spangled Banner Museum

Flag House and Star-Spangled Banner Museum from directly overhead

Flag House and Star-Spangled Banner Museum is a museum in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Spook Hill stands 233 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Reginald F Lewis Museum of Maryland African-American History and Culture, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. National Historic Seaport runs past it. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

historic house in Maryland, United States

Wikidata Q3073214, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
4 m

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Limited

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.28755, -76.60335

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Thomas J. D'Alesandro Jr. Park: 0.1 mi
  • President & Pratt St Park: 0.1 mi
  • Columbus Piazza: 0.2 mi
  • Pierce’s Park: 0.2 mi
  • Shot Tower Metro Park: 0.2 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Church Hospital: 0.6 mi
  • Fountain at Charles Center: 0.7 mi
  • Fountain at Charles Plaza: 0.7 mi
  • Shield of Baltimore City: 0.7 mi
  • Fountain and Garden at Charles Center: 0.7 mi
Gardens
Nature reserves
Peaks: 28
  • Federal Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Tank Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Bend Hill: 4.3 mi
  • German Hill: 4.7 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Etting Park: Hope Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Glen Artney Area: 7.7 mi
  • Avalon Area: 7.7 mi
  • Hilton Shelters: 8.1 mi
  • Orange Grove Area: 8.5 mi
Beaches: 16
Cliffs: 10
  • Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 9.7 mi
  • Old Quarry: 9.7 mi
  • Quarry (former): 10.0 mi
  • Quarry (former): 10.0 mi
  • Quarry (former): 10.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 4
  • Crises Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 3.5 mi
  • Marble Springs: 9.8 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 24.6 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Flag House and Star-Spangled Banner Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spook HillNNW 346°233 m24.8 mi
Ivy HillNNW 342°200 m12.4 mi
Oregon RidgeNNW 342°191 m14.5 mi
Chestnut HillW 273°169 m10.3 mi
The BunkerNW 307°157 m19.1 mi
Abell RidgeN 350°155 m8.7 mi
Satyr HillNNE 21°151 m8.7 mi
Cherry HillNNE 33°149 m15.7 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, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/336330389

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