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Sherwood Gardens

Sherwood Gardens from directly overhead

Sherwood Gardens is a park in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 86 m. Spook Hill stands 233 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Willow Avenue Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Baltimore's Historic Charles Street runs past it. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates39.34138, -76.61391

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Willow Avenue Park: 0.4 mi
  • Bedford Square: 0.4 mi
  • Loyola Arboretum: 0.5 mi
  • Sunken Park: 0.5 mi
  • Loyola 9/11 Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Gardens
  • Japanese Tranquility Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Ryda and Robert H. Levi Sculpture Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Outdoor Classroom: 1.0 mi
  • Outdoor Classroom: 1.1 mi
  • Baltimore Museum of Art Sculpture Gardens: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions: 58
  • Santa Rosa Labyrinth: 1.1 mi
  • Miracle on 34th Street: 1.2 mi
  • Pearson florist (where Bodie buys flowers): 2.1 mi
  • Howard P. Rawlings Conservatory: 2.3 mi
  • Dumbarton Farm Pillar: 2.4 mi
Peaks: 28
  • Prospect Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Bend Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Federal Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Luskins Hill: 4.8 mi
  • Church on the Rock: 4.9 mi
Picnic sites: 19
Cliffs: 10
  • Old Quarry: 6.6 mi
  • Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 6.6 mi
  • Loch Raven Cliffs: 7.9 mi
  • Quarry (former): 10.8 mi
  • Quarry (former): 10.8 mi
Beaches: 10
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 3
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 1.9 mi
  • Crises Spring: 2.0 mi
  • Marble Springs: 6.7 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spook HillNNW 345°233 m21.1 mi
Ivy HillNNW 339°200 m8.7 mi
Oregon RidgeNNW 339°191 m10.8 mi
Chestnut HillWSW 252°169 m10.3 mi
The BunkerWNW 298°157 m16.6 mi
Abell RidgeNNW 348°155 m5.0 mi
Satyr HillNE 41°151 m5.8 mi
Cherry HillNE 44°149 m13.1 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 solstice07:2416:0516:47

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, 2 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly317 obs
  • American Robin254 obs
  • lesser celandine250 obs
  • Mourning Dove193 obs
  • White-tailed Deer172 obs
  • Paper mulberry166 obs
  • Porcelain Berry164 obs
  • wineberry152 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/220020871

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