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South Baltimore Recreation Center

South Baltimore Recreation Center from directly overhead

South Baltimore Recreation Center is a park in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Ivy Hill stands 200 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Untitled, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Baltimore's Historic Charles Street runs past it. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates39.27792, -76.61294

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
Attractions
Nature reserves
Peaks: 27
  • Federal Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Tank Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Bend Hill: 4.7 mi
  • German Hill: 5.2 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • Etting Park: Hope Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Glen Artney Area: 6.9 mi
  • Avalon Area: 6.9 mi
  • Hilton Shelters: 7.4 mi
  • Orange Grove Area: 7.8 mi
Beaches: 16
Cliffs: 10
  • Quarry (former): 9.4 mi
  • Quarry (former): 9.4 mi
  • Quarry (former): 9.5 mi
  • Friction Wall: 9.6 mi
  • Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 10.5 mi
Springs: 5
  • Crises Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Marble Springs: 10.6 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 23.8 mi
  • Indian Springs: 24.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy HillNNW 345°200 m12.9 mi
Oregon RidgeNNW 345°191 m15.0 mi
Chestnut HillW 277°169 m9.9 mi
The BunkerNW 310°157 m19.1 mi
Abell RidgeN 353°155 m9.3 mi
Satyr HillNNE 23°151 m9.5 mi
Cherry HillNNE 33°149 m16.5 mi
Cub HillNNE 28°147 m10.5 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 solstice07:2316:0516:47

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, under a mile away.

  • White-throated Sparrow1,107 obs
  • Mallard1,079 obs
  • Common Yellowthroat579 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron540 obs
  • Ovenbird534 obs
  • House Sparrow502 obs
  • Atlantic Blue Crab400 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly390 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/336361660

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