Port Discovery Children's Museum
Port Discovery Children's 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 Shot Tower Metro Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. National Historic Seaport runs past it. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Port Discovery Children's Museum is a non-profit institution located in the historic Wholesale Fish Market building in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. It has 80,000 square feet (7,400 m2) and three floors of exhibits and programs designed to be interactive and educational. It receives more than 265,000 visitors annually. The museum's focus is on children ages birth through 10 and their caregivers. Prior to being redeveloped into a museum, the building's early revitalization effort was the development of a shopping mall and entertainment complex known as The Fishmarket, which opened in November 1988 and closed in July 1989 due to financial and operational problems. The Rouse Co. and Walt Disney Imagineering collaborated to support construction and redevelopment after the Cloisters Children's Museum merged with the Maryland Children's Museum in 1990, forming Port Discovery. The museum is served by the Baltimore Metro Subway's Shot Tower/Market Place station.
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Dates from 1998.
Wikidata Q7230585, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the National Historic Seaport
- 0.3 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 0.5 mi off the Baltimore's Historic Charles Street, National
- 1.5 mi off the Falls Road
Overlooks nearby
- Elephant Overlook · 3 mi
- Quarry Overlook · 7 mi
- Abandoned Quarry · 7 mi
- Old Transmission Tower · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Shot Tower Metro Park: 0.0 mi
- Shot Tower: 0.1 mi
- Holocaust Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Saint Vincent de Paul Church Park: 0.1 mi
- President & Pratt St Park: 0.1 mi
- Baltimore City Fraternal Order of Police Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Holocaust Memorial: 0.1 mi
- The Flame: 0.1 mi
- Baltimore City Fire Fighters Monument: 0.2 mi
- 9/11 Fallen Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Amanogawa: 0.1 mi
- Baltimore Passage: 0.2 mi
- Under Sky/One Family: 0.2 mi
- Homophone: 0.3 mi
- Christopher Columbus: 0.3 mi
- Reginald F Lewis Museum of Maryland African-American History and Culture: 0.2 mi
- Flag House and Star-Spangled Banner Museum: 0.2 mi
- USCGC Taney: 0.2 mi
- Chesapeake: 0.3 mi
- The Peale: 0.3 mi
- Fountain at Charles Center: 0.5 mi
- Fountain at Charles Plaza: 0.5 mi
- Shield of Baltimore City: 0.5 mi
- Fountain and Garden at Charles Center: 0.5 mi
- Church Hospital: 0.7 mi
- Pope John Paul II Prayer Garden: 0.6 mi
- Upper Fell’s Point Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Frank M. Houck Memorial Garden: 1.0 mi
- Billie Holiday Garden: 1.0 mi
- 500 North Duncan Street Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Masonville Cove Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership: 3.1 mi
- Rosemont Park: 3.3 mi
- African Journey: 3.3 mi
- Burnside Park: 6.4 mi
- Fort Carroll Sanctuary: 7.0 mi
- Federal Hill: 0.6 mi
- Prospect Hill: 3.5 mi
- Bend Hill: 4.2 mi
- Tank Hill: 4.2 mi
- German Hill: 4.8 mi
- Etting Park: Hope Garden: 1.8 mi
- Glen Artney Area: 7.6 mi
- Avalon Area: 7.6 mi
- Hilton Shelters: 8.0 mi
- Orange Grove Area: 8.4 mi
- Miami Beach: 12.7 mi
- Dog Beach: 15.2 mi
- Herald Harbor Beach 1: 16.8 mi
- Gibson Island Beach: 17.2 mi
- Lake Claire Beach: 18.4 mi
- Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 9.6 mi
- Old Quarry: 9.6 mi
- Quarry (former): 9.8 mi
- Quarry (former): 9.9 mi
- Quarry (former): 10.0 mi
- Round Falls: 2.5 mi
- failed mill dam: 3.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 8.5 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 15.6 mi
- Crises Spring: 3.1 mi
- Mountain Pass Spring: 3.3 mi
- Marble Springs: 9.8 mi
- Sandy Spring: 24.5 mi
- Hawkins Point Light: 6.9 mi
- Daniels: 11.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Port Discovery Children's Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spook Hill | NNW 346° | 233 m | 24.7 mi |
| Ivy Hill | NNW 343° | 200 m | 12.3 mi |
| Oregon Ridge | NNW 343° | 191 m | 14.3 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | W 273° | 169 m | 10.2 mi |
| The Bunker | NW 308° | 157 m | 18.9 mi |
| Abell Ridge | N 351° | 155 m | 8.6 mi |
| Satyr Hill | NNE 23° | 151 m | 8.7 mi |
| Cherry Hill | NNE 34° | 149 m | 15.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:57 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:05 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 39 | 47 | 58 | 67 | 77 | 82 | 79 | 73 | 61 | 50 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.7 |
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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/337697136
Day trips start here
- Baltimore · 0 mi
- Baltimore/Inner Harbor · 0 mi
- Central Maryland · 0 mi
- Baltimore/Downtown · 1 mi
- Baltimore/East Baltimore · 1 mi
- Baltimore/Fells Point · 1 mi
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