The Peale
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The Peale is a museum in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Spook Hill stands 233 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Baltimore City Fire Fighters Monument, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 0.3 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Peale is a community museum in Baltimore, Maryland, which reopened in 2017 after 20 years of vacancy and was fully renovated by 2022. It occupies the first building in the Americas to be designed and built specifically as a museum. Rembrandt Peale's original museum was open from 1814 until 1829. The collection was moved to a new building as the Baltimore Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts. The original building later served as Baltimore's City Hall from 1830 to 1875 and from 1878 to 1887 as one of the first grammar schools and the first high school for African-American students in Baltimore. The Building was renovated and rededicated in 1931 as the Municipal Museum of Baltimore. It was renovated again starting in 1978 and was reopened in 1981 as the Peale Museum. The Municipal Museum closed in 1997 and the entire collection was moved to the Maryland Historical Society.
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Dates from 1786.
Wikidata Q3373833, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1814
What to expect
- Operated by
- The Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 0.3 mi off the Baltimore's Historic Charles Street, National
- 0.4 mi off the National Historic Seaport
- 1.3 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
- Baltimore City Fire Fighters Monument: 0.1 mi
- Black Soldiers Statue: 0.1 mi
- Battle Monument: 0.1 mi
- John Mifflin Hood Monument: 0.2 mi
- War of 1812 Bomb & Rack: 0.2 mi
- War Memorial Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Battle Monument Park: 0.1 mi
- Veteran's Park: 0.2 mi
- Saint Vincent de Paul Church Park: 0.2 mi
- Shot Tower: 0.3 mi
- Cecilius Calvert Statue: 0.2 mi
- Amanogawa: 0.2 mi
- Aegean Urn: 0.3 mi
- Aegean Urn: 0.3 mi
- Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr.: 0.3 mi
- Port Discovery Children's Museum: 0.3 mi
- City of Baltimore Fire Museum: 0.3 mi
- Chesapeake: 0.4 mi
- Historic Ships in Baltimore: 0.4 mi
- Reginald F Lewis Museum of Maryland African-American History and Culture: 0.4 mi
- Fountain at Charles Center: 0.3 mi
- Fountain at Charles Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Shield of Baltimore City: 0.3 mi
- Fountain and Garden at Charles Center: 0.3 mi
- Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower: 0.6 mi
- Pope John Paul II Prayer Garden: 0.4 mi
- Billie Holiday Garden: 0.7 mi
- Frank M. Houck Memorial Garden: 1.0 mi
- Upper Fell’s Point Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Gardens of Hope: 1.3 mi
- African Journey: 3.0 mi
- Rosemont Park: 3.0 mi
- Masonville Cove Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership: 3.3 mi
- Burnside Park: 6.1 mi
- Fort Carroll Sanctuary: 7.3 mi
- Federal Hill: 0.8 mi
- Prospect Hill: 3.2 mi
- Bend Hill: 3.9 mi
- Tank Hill: 4.5 mi
- German Hill: 5.1 mi
- Etting Park: Hope Garden: 1.5 mi
- Glen Artney Area: 7.5 mi
- Avalon Area: 7.6 mi
- Hilton Shelters: 7.9 mi
- Orange Grove Area: 8.3 mi
- Miami Beach: 12.9 mi
- Dog Beach: 15.5 mi
- Herald Harbor Beach 1: 17.0 mi
- Gibson Island Beach: 17.5 mi
- Lake Claire Beach: 18.7 mi
- Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 9.5 mi
- Old Quarry: 9.5 mi
- Quarry (former): 9.7 mi
- Quarry (former): 9.7 mi
- Quarry (former): 9.8 mi
- Round Falls: 2.3 mi
- failed mill dam: 3.2 mi
- Cascade Falls: 8.4 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 15.4 mi
- Crises Spring: 2.8 mi
- Mountain Pass Spring: 3.0 mi
- Marble Springs: 9.6 mi
- Sandy Spring: 24.4 mi
- Hawkins Point Light: 7.1 mi
- Daniels: 11.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Peale. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spook Hill | NNW 346° | 233 m | 24.4 mi |
| Ivy Hill | NNW 344° | 200 m | 12.1 mi |
| Oregon Ridge | NNW 343° | 191 m | 14.1 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | W 271° | 169 m | 10.0 mi |
| The Bunker | NW 307° | 157 m | 18.7 mi |
| Abell Ridge | N 352° | 155 m | 8.4 mi |
| Satyr Hill | NNE 24° | 151 m | 8.6 mi |
| Cherry Hill | NE 35° | 149 m | 15.6 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/336352958
Day trips start here
- Baltimore · 0 mi
- Baltimore/Downtown · 0 mi
- Baltimore/East Baltimore · 1 mi
- Baltimore/Fells Point · 1 mi
- Baltimore/Inner Harbor · 1 mi
- Baltimore/Midtown · 1 mi
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