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Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park

Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park from directly overhead

Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park is a park in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 51 m. Ivy Hill stands 200 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is The Quad, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 1.6 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.25225, -76.71013

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • The Quad: 0.2 mi
  • Physics Quad: 0.2 mi
  • True Grit Plaza: 0.3 mi
  • Erickson Field: 0.3 mi
  • Maiden Choice Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Thomas V Marsho Garden: 0.2 mi
  • UMBC Community Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Charlestown Resident Gardens: 1.2 mi
  • MASH Green Roof: 1.4 mi
  • Polinator Garden: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Attractions
Peaks: 28
Picnic sites: 22
  • Glen Artney Area: 1.6 mi
  • Avalon Area: 1.9 mi
  • Hilton Shelters: 1.9 mi
  • Orange Grove Area: 2.3 mi
  • Hollofield Shelters: 5.0 mi
Beaches: 13
  • Herald Harbor Beach 1: 16.0 mi
  • Dog Beach: 17.6 mi
  • Miami Beach: 18.6 mi
  • Pines on the Severn Community Beach: 19.0 mi
  • Gibson Island Beach: 19.3 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Quarry (former): 4.1 mi
  • Quarry (former): 4.2 mi
  • Quarry (former): 4.3 mi
  • Friction Wall: 4.4 mi
  • Old Quarry: 14.6 mi
Springs: 7
  • Crises Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Marble Springs: 14.7 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 18.3 mi
  • Indian Springs: 20.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy HillN 8°200 m14.4 mi
Oregon RidgeN 5°191 m16.3 mi
Chestnut HillWNW 303°169 m5.5 mi
The BunkerNW 326°157 m17.0 mi
Abell RidgeNNE 21°155 m11.8 mi
Satyr HillNE 40°151 m13.8 mi
Cherry HillNE 42°149 m21.1 mi
Cub HillNE 42°147 m15.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4419:19
June solstice05:4119:5720:37
September equinox06:5518:3019:06
December solstice07:2416:0516:48

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744556474787669574739
Precip in3.12.94.03.43.94.04.54.14.43.93.13.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Baltimore-washington Intl AP, 6 mi away.

  • Small White159 obs
  • White-tailed Deer154 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail152 obs
  • Monarch127 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail117 obs
  • Northern Cardinal110 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel110 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly106 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/259151486

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