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Sandtown Winchester Community Garden, Civil War Archeology in Lafayette Square
Photograph by Melissa Archer, Preservation Officer, Maryland Department of Housing & Community Development, 2018 April 9.
Rowhouses, 1126-1130 N. Fulton Avenue (west side), Sandtown-Winchester, Baltimore, MD 21217
United States

Photograph by Eli Pousson, 2018 October 1.
Photo by Baltimore Heritage
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Sandtown-Winchester

Maryland, United States · North America

About Sandtown-Winchester

Sandtown-Winchester is worth a stop: 4km from National Aquarium.

Sandtown-Winchester is in Maryland, United States, with about 6,200 people. You drive on the right here.

Sandtown-Winchester is a neighborhood in West Baltimore, Maryland. Known locally as Sandtown, the community's name was derived from the trails of sand that dropped from wagons leaving town after filling up at the local sand and gravel quarry back in the days of horse-drawn wagons. It is located north of Lafayette

Read more Street, west of Fremont Avenue, south of North Avenue, and east of Monroe Street, covering an area of 72 square blocks, patrolled by the Baltimore Police Department's Western District. The community is 98.5% black.

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Within an hour or so of Sandtown-Winchester: National Aquarium (4 km), Smithsonian's National Zoo (54 km), National Gallery of Art (56 km), Smithsonian Museums (56 km).

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Sandtown-Winchester is in Maryland, United States.

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Quick Information

Population
6,162
Continent
North America
Country
United States
Region
Maryland
Timezone
America/New_York
Coordinates
39.3038, -76.6426

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911
Ambulance
911
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911
Driving side
right

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Worth the detour from Sandtown-Winchester

8 notable places within an hour's drive.

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National Aquarium

Baltimore's Inner Harbor aquarium showcasing over 20,000 animals including dolphins, sharks, and tropical fish.

4 km · about 5 min drive

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Smithsonian's National Zoo

Free-admission zoo in Washington, D.C. that is part of the Smithsonian Institution, famous for its giant pandas.

54 km · about 65 min drive

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National Gallery of Art

A free world-class museum on the National Mall featuring masterpieces from the Middle Ages to the present, including the only Leonardo da Vinci painting in the Americas.

56 km · about 65 min drive

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Smithsonian Museums

The world's largest museum complex with 21 museums and galleries, all free, including the Air and Space Museum and Natural History Museum.

56 km · about 65 min drive

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United States Capitol

Neoclassical seat of the US Congress topped by the iconic cast-iron dome, a centrepiece of the National Mall.

56 km · about 65 min drive

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National Mall

America's front yard stretching from the US Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial, lined with iconic monuments, memorials, and Smithsonian museums.

57 km · about 65 min drive

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Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Home to the Hope Diamond and over 148 million specimens, making it one of the world's premier natural history collections.

57 km · about 65 min drive

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World War II Memorial

Grand open-air memorial on the National Mall honouring the 16 million Americans who served in the Second World War.

57 km · about 65 min drive

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