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Garrett Park

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Garrett Park is a park in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Ivy Hill stands 200 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Garrett Park Monument, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Baltimore's Historic Charles Street passes 2.0 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Baltimore City Department of Recreation & Parks

How to reach it

Coordinates39.23919, -76.60703

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Belle Grove Area of Brooklyn Park: 0.6 mi
  • Old Riverside Play Area: 0.9 mi
  • Patapsco Flats: 0.9 mi
  • Patapsco Flats: 1.0 mi
  • Duane Avenue Park: 1.0 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Gardens
Museums
Peaks: 27
  • Federal Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Tank Hill: 4.3 mi
  • German Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 6.6 mi
  • Lawyers Hill: 6.7 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • Etting Park: Hope Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Avalon Area: 6.4 mi
  • Glen Artney Area: 6.5 mi
  • Hilton Shelters: 7.4 mi
  • Orange Grove Area: 7.7 mi
Beaches: 18
Cliffs: 10
  • Quarry (former): 9.7 mi
  • Quarry (former): 9.8 mi
  • Quarry (former): 9.9 mi
  • Friction Wall: 10.0 mi
  • Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 12.9 mi
Springs: 5
  • Crises Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Marble Springs: 13.0 mi
  • Indian Springs: 22.6 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 23.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy HillNNW 347°200 m15.6 mi
Oregon RidgeNNW 346°191 m17.6 mi
Chestnut HillWNW 291°169 m10.9 mi
The BunkerNW 315°157 m21.2 mi
Abell RidgeN 353°155 m12.0 mi
Satyr HillNNE 16°151 m11.9 mi
Cherry HillNNE 28°149 m18.7 mi
Cub HillNNE 21°147 m12.8 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, 3 mi away.

  • Bald Eagle166 obs
  • Monarch125 obs
  • White-tailed Deer116 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird101 obs
  • Pond Slider99 obs
  • Mallard95 obs
  • Common Buckeye89 obs
  • groundsel tree86 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/286822796

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