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Etting Park: Hope Garden

Etting Park: Hope Garden from directly overhead

Etting Park: Hope Garden is a picnic site in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. Spook Hill stands 233 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Wilson & Etting Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Baltimore's Historic Charles Street passes 0.9 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Painted posts, walls, and pavements in and around a community garden.

The record

What the record says

Built
2016-06-01
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Baltimore City
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.30461, -76.63349

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Wilson & Etting Park: 0.0 mi
  • McMechen & Etting Park: 0.1 mi
  • Rosina Ridgley: 0.2 mi
  • Robert & Mcculloh Park: 0.2 mi
  • Reverend Quille Park: 0.2 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
Museums
Attractions: 60
  • Pearson florist (where Bodie buys flowers): 1.0 mi
  • Howard P. Rawlings Conservatory: 1.2 mi
  • Shield of Baltimore City: 1.3 mi
  • Fountain and Garden at Charles Center: 1.3 mi
  • Fountain at Charles Plaza: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 28
  • Prospect Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Federal Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Bend Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Tank Hill: 6.0 mi
  • German Hill: 6.5 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Glen Artney Area: 7.0 mi
  • Avalon Area: 7.2 mi
  • Hilton Shelters: 7.2 mi
  • Orange Grove Area: 7.6 mi
  • Pickall Area: 8.0 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Quarry (former): 8.7 mi
  • Quarry (former): 8.8 mi
  • Quarry (former): 8.8 mi
  • Friction Wall: 8.9 mi
  • Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 9.3 mi
Beaches: 12
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 4
  • Crises Spring: 1.4 mi
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 1.6 mi
  • Marble Springs: 9.4 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 23.6 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spook HillN 349°233 m23.3 mi
Ivy HillNNW 349°200 m10.9 mi
Oregon RidgeNNW 348°191 m12.9 mi
Chestnut HillW 266°169 m8.7 mi
The BunkerNW 308°157 m17.1 mi
Abell RidgeN 0°155 m7.4 mi
Satyr HillNE 35°151 m8.4 mi
Cherry HillNE 40°149 m15.7 mi
Conditions

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–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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/839693110

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