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Joseph E. Lee Park

Joseph E. Lee Park from directly overhead

Joseph E. Lee Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 24 m. Ivy Hill stands 200 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Therapy Garden, a garden 0.5 miles away. National Historic Seaport passes 1.3 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
24 m

What to expect

Operated by
Baltimore City Department of Recreation & Parks

How to reach it

Coordinates39.29145, -76.54228

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Artworks
Parks
  • Eastwood Community Park: 0.6 mi
  • Umbra Street Park: 0.6 mi
  • Berkshire Eastwood Recreation Site: 0.8 mi
  • Janney Street Park: 1.0 mi
  • Harbor View Park: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Harry & Jeanette Weinberg: 1.3 mi
  • Vincent Paul Galeano Memorial: 1.4 mi
  • Caldwell Field: 1.5 mi
  • Historic Canton: 1.8 mi
  • Dypski Park: 1.8 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Peaks: 28
  • German Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Tank Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Federal Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Putty Hill: 6.2 mi
Beaches: 17
Picnic sites: 16
Cliffs: 10
  • Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 8.8 mi
  • Old Quarry: 8.9 mi
  • Loch Raven Cliffs: 10.5 mi
  • Quarry (former): 13.2 mi
  • Quarry (former): 13.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 3
  • Crises Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Marble Springs: 8.9 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy HillNNW 329°200 m13.6 mi
Oregon RidgeNNW 331°191 m15.6 mi
Chestnut HillW 271°169 m13.6 mi
The BunkerWNW 302°157 m21.7 mi
Abell RidgeNNW 330°155 m9.6 mi
Satyr HillN 359°151 m7.8 mi
Cherry HillNNE 22°149 m13.9 mi
Cub HillN 8°147 m8.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:18
June solstice05:4119:5720:37
September equinox06:5418:3019:05
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, 4 mi away.

  • Ivy-leaved toadflax288 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly124 obs
  • common groundsel91 obs
  • henbit deadnettle75 obs
  • bird's-eye speedwell69 obs
  • American pokeweed59 obs
  • red deadnettle59 obs
  • tree-of-heaven58 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/85609472

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