--- title: "Gwynn Oak – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Gwynn Oak, United States: town 8 km from Baltimore. Nearby: The Maryland Zoo, Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park, Coppin State University. Every way there from the…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gwynn-oak" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gwynn-oak.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- Town · United States · Maryland # Gwynn Oak What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Gwynn Oak 5 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. The Maryland Zoo The Maryland Zoo—also known as The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore and formerly as The Baltimore City Zoo or the Baltimore Zoo—is a 135-acre park located in historic Druid Hill Park in the northwestern area of the City of Baltimore, Maryland, with the postal address of 1876 Mansion House Drive. Druid Hill was opened in 1876 as the first major park purchase by the City under Mayor Thomas Swann, and was later designed by famed nationally-known landscaper Frederick Law Olmsted. 3.9 km · zoo in the United States · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maryland_Zoo_in_Baltimore) 2. Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park is a park in Baltimore, Maryland, constituting a contiguous area of 1,216 acres. It was envisioned as a "stream valley park" to protect Baltimore's watersheds, including the Gwynns Falls, from overdevelopment and to preserve their natural habitats. 2.9 km · urban park and statistical area in Baltimore, Maryland, United States · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwynns_Falls/Leakin_Park) 3. Coppin State University Coppin State University is a public historically black university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is part of the University System of Maryland and a member of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. 3.8 km · historically black university in Baltimore, Maryland · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coppin_State_University) 4. Congregation Tiferes Yisroel Congregation Tiferes Yisroel – Beis Dovid, also known as Rabbi Goldberger's Shul, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 6201 Park Heights Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States. The congregation rabbi is Rabbi Menachem Goldberger. 2.9 km · Orthodox synagogue in Baltimore, Maryland · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregation_Tiferes_Yisroel) 5. Elmer V. McCollum House The Elmer McCollum House is a historic house at 2301 Monticello Road in Baltimore, Maryland. Built about 1920, it is significant for its association with Johns Hopkins University researcher Elmer McCollum, who lived in the house from 1929 to 1939. 2.2 km · historic house in Baltimore, Maryland, United States · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_V._McCollum_House) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Gwynn Oak **Airports:** Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI), 18 km · Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA), 61 km · Washington Dulles (IAD), 79 km\ **Stations:** Milford Mill, 3.8 km · Mondawmin, 3.8 km · Reisterstown Plaza, 2.4 km · Rogers Avenue, 1.4 km · West Cold Spring, 1.8 km\ - Washington → Gwynn Oak 57 km · quickest by road, 1h 16m · $5–7 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/washington-to-gwynn-oak) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Washington&to=Gwynn+Oak) - Dulles → Gwynn Oak 77 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · $8–11 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/dulles-to-gwynn-oak) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Dulles&to=Gwynn+Oak) - Philadelphia → Gwynn Oak 148 km · quickest by road, 2h 31m · $13–18 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/philadelphia-to-gwynn-oak) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Philadelphia&to=Gwynn+Oak) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Gwynn%20Oak) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Gwynn Oak Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Gwynn Oak. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get around One of the most popular (and unique!) modes of transportation in Baltimore is the water taxi system +1 410 563-3901. - Go next Naval Academy can be done as a day trip from Baltimore via public trans Ellicott City — a wealthy Baltimore suburb with a charming old-fashioned main street Philadelphia — the birthplace of American independence and the nation's sixth largest city Washington, D.C. From [Wikivoyage: Baltimore](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Baltimore), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-06. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Fire Island](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/fire-island) US 10 ways of moving, 19 sources 336 km 2. [Vinalhaven and the Fox Islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vinalhaven) US 9 ways of moving, 13 sources 837 km 3. [Bacalar](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bacalar) MX 9 ways of moving, 41 sources 2,557 km 4. [Vieques](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vieques) PR 8 ways of moving, 12 sources 2,595 km 5. [Tortola and the British Virgin Islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tortola) VG 11 ways of moving, 15 sources 2,599 km If you know how people move in Gwynn Oak – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cgwynn-oak&title=Gwynn+Oak&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fgwynn-oak), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Gwynn Oak Gwynn Oak is 8 km from [Baltimore](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/baltimore), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Dickeyville Historic District](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/dickeyville-historic-district) historic district coincident with the neighborhood of Dickeyville, Baltimore, Maryland 2.2 km - [Liberty Square](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/liberty-square) neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland, United States 3.3 km - [Ashburton](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ashburton) neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland, United States 1.7 km - [Beechfield](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/beechfield) neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland, United States 700 m - [Langston Hughes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/langston-hughes) neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland, United States 1.5 km - [Pimlico](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/pimlico) neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland, United States 2.7 km [The place page for Gwynn Oak](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/gwynn-oak) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on United States](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-US) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gwynn-oak, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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