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Ladew Topiary Gardens

Ladew Topiary Gardens from directly overhead

Ladew Topiary Gardens is a park in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 162 m. Carroll County Highpoint stands 344 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Pagoda, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Horses and Hounds Scenic Byway passes 0.3 miles off. 41 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.58143, -76.50826

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Pagoda: 0.2 mi
  • Budda: 0.2 mi
  • Hunt Scene: 0.3 mi
  • Hunt Scene: 0.3 mi
  • Hunt Scene: 0.3 mi
Gardens
  • Sculpture Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Tivoli Tea House and Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Cutting Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Terrace Gardens: 0.3 mi
  • Water Lily Garden: 0.3 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Jarrettsville Recreation Complex: 1.8 mi
  • Dr. James B. Rutledge Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
  • Sweet Air Park: 5.3 mi
  • Merryman Park: 5.5 mi
  • Briar Knoll Homeowners Association: 5.9 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Attractions: 45
  • Deer Creek Rapids @ Rocks (Class III): 6.4 mi
  • A Village Of Garden Gnomes: 7.8 mi
  • Northampton Furnace: 10.9 mi
  • Dinner Theatre: 11.1 mi
  • Sandy Hook Speedway: 11.2 mi
Peaks: 41
  • Cherry Hill: 8.0 mi
  • Kilgores Rocks: 8.7 mi
  • Mount Vista: 8.8 mi
  • Tom's Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Hugh's Hill: 9.3 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Hills Grove Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
  • Rock Ridge Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
  • Wilson's Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
  • Pecos Tent: 11.1 mi
  • Timber Tent: 11.2 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • \: 6.7 mi
  • Setters Formation: 9.6 mi
  • Loch Raven Cliffs: 9.7 mi
  • Old Quarry: 11.3 mi
  • Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 11.3 mi
Springs: 4
  • Marble Springs: 11.2 mi
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Crises Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Black Barren Spring: 20.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Beaches: 3
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carroll County HighpointWNW 292°344 m23.9 mi
Beecher HillWNW 300°324 m21.5 mi
Huntrick HillNW 316°310 m21.2 mi
Saubel HillNW 309°277 m20.3 mi
Spook HillWNW 289°233 m11.8 mi
Ivy HillSW 226°200 m12.2 mi
Oregon RidgeSW 236°191 m11.5 mi
The BunkerWSW 247°157 m22.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4319:18
June solstice05:3919:5720:38
September equinox06:5418:2919:05
December solstice07:2416:0316:46

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353744556473787568574839

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cylburn, 18 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail35 obs
  • Spicebush Swallowtail34 obs
  • Monarch28 obs
  • ground-ivy26 obs
  • common milkweed25 obs
  • Red Clover23 obs
  • white clover23 obs
  • sensitive fern22 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/579547359

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