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Overlook Park

Overlook Park from directly overhead

Overlook Park is a park in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 101 m. Spook Hill stands 233 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Idlewood Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Baltimore's Historic Charles Street passes 2.1 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates39.37600, -76.58674

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Idlewood Park: 0.2 mi
  • Glendale Park: 0.4 mi
  • Pellham Wood Tot Lot: 0.8 mi
  • Radabaugh Park: 1.3 mi
  • Forge Park: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
  • Lake Evesham Native Pollinator Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Mohan Suntha, MD, MBA Reflection Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Dewees Park City Farm: 1.7 mi
  • Avalon Courtyard 2: 2.0 mi
  • Towson Courthouse Gardens: 2.0 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions: 50
Peaks: 32
  • Luskins Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Church on the Rock: 2.1 mi
  • Satyr Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Abell Ridge: 3.5 mi
  • Putty Hill: 4.0 mi
Picnic sites: 18
Cliffs: 10
  • Old Quarry: 3.8 mi
  • Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 3.8 mi
  • Loch Raven Cliffs: 5.1 mi
  • Setters Formation: 9.4 mi
  • \: 13.2 mi
Beaches: 9
Waterfalls: 5
Springs: 3
  • Marble Springs: 3.9 mi
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Crises Spring: 4.7 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spook HillNNW 339°233 m19.3 mi
Ivy HillNW 321°200 m7.4 mi
Oregon RidgeNW 325°191 m9.3 mi
Chestnut HillWSW 244°169 m12.5 mi
The BunkerWNW 289°157 m17.0 mi
Abell RidgeNW 315°155 m3.5 mi
Satyr HillNE 49°151 m3.0 mi
Cherry HillNE 47°149 m10.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:18
June solstice05:4019:5720:37
September equinox06:5518:3019:05
December solstice07:2416:0416:47

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, 4 mi away.

  • American Robin170 obs
  • Northern Cardinal157 obs
  • Western Honey Bee125 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly119 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel107 obs
  • House Sparrow93 obs
  • Mourning Dove91 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle87 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/516926803

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