Baltimore Highlands

Worth seeing in and around Baltimore Highlands

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Fort McHenry

   Fort McHenry is a historical American coastal pentagonal bastion fort on Locust Point, now a neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. It is best known for its role in the War of 1812, when it successfully defended Baltimore Harbor from an attack by the British Royal Navy from the Chesapeake Bay on September 13–14, 1814.

   3.6 km · United States fort in Baltimore, Maryland · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

   The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is the medical school of Johns Hopkins University, a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Established in 1893 following the construction of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Hopkins became a model for modern medical education.

   2.2 km · academic medical teaching and research arm of Johns Hopkins University · Wikipedia
3. 03
   George Peabody Library

   The George Peabody Library at Johns Hopkins University, focuses on research into the 19th century. It was formerly the Library of the Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute of music in the City of Baltimore, and it is located on the Peabody campus at West Mount Vernon Place north of downtown Baltimore, Maryland.

   4 km · Research library in Baltimore, Maryland, US · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Peabody Institute

   The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University is a private music and dance conservatory and preparatory school in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1857, it became affiliated with Johns Hopkins in 1977.

   4 km · conservatory and university-prep school in Baltimore, Maryland · Wikipedia
5. 05
   National Aquarium

   The National Aquarium—also known as the National Aquarium in Baltimore or Baltimore Aquarium—is a nonprofit public aquarium located at 501 East Pratt Street on Pier 3 in the Inner Harbor area of Downtown Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Constructed during a period of urban renewal in Baltimore, the aquarium opened on August 8, 1981.

   3.5 km · non-profit aquarium located in Baltimore, MD · Wikipedia
6. 06
   100 Light Street

   100 Light Street is a 40-story, 528 ft skyscraper completed in 1973 in downtown Baltimore, Maryland. It occupies the city block bounded by South Charles, East Lombard, Light and East Pratt Streets.

   4 km · skyscraper in Baltimore, Maryland, United States · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Phoenix Shot Tower

   The Phoenix Shot Tower, also known as the Old Baltimore Shot Tower, is a red brick shot tower, 234.25 feet tall, located near the downtown, Jonestown, and Little Italy communities of East Baltimore, in Maryland. The tower was built in less than 6 months.

   3.2 km · shot tower in Baltimore, Maryland · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Bank of America Building

   10 Light Street is a historic 34-story Art Deco 155 m skyscraper located at the corner of East Baltimore Street and Light Street in downtown Baltimore, Maryland. Constructed as the Baltimore Trust Company Building, it was converted to apartments in 2015 and is currently named Arrive Inner Harbor.

   3.9 km · skyscraper in Baltimore, Maryland · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Green Mount Cemetery

   Green Mount Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Established on March 15, 1838, and dedicated on July 13, 1839, it is noted for the large number of historical figures interred in its grounds as well as many prominent Baltimore-area families.

   3.6 km · cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland, United States · Wikipedia
10. 10
    William Donald Schaefer Building

    The William Donald Schaefer Building is the fourth-tallest building in the City of Baltimore, Maryland, located at 6 St.

    3.9 km · building in Maryland, US · Wikipedia

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Getting to Baltimore Highlands

Airports

Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI), 16 km · Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA), 64 km · Washington Dulles (IAD), 86 km

Stations

Port of Baltimore, 2.5 km · Shot Tower, 3.2 km

• Washington → Baltimore Highlands

  51 km · quickest by road, 1h 23m · $4.5–6
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• Dulles → Baltimore Highlands

  76 km · quickest by road, 2h · $8–11
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• Philadelphia → Baltimore Highlands

  149 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · $13–18
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