OUR WATERSHED THANKS TO OUR FUNDERS! The area covered DISCOVER by this map is Baltimore City Recreation & Parks ENJOY at the juncture Elizabeth B & Arthur E Roswell Foundation LEARN of three city The Abell Foundation TAKE ACTION! sub-watersheds: Cape Foundation Jones Falls, Direct Civic Works Harbor, and Clifton Mansion Legacy Fund ABOUT THIS MAP Baltimore Green Map Baltimore City Recreation & Parks Herring Run/Back 32nd St Farmers Market believes that parks and neighborhoods can Play sports, swim, run/walk trails, use River. Our urban Baltimore Community Foundation best thrive in mutually beneficial relation- playgrounds, enjoy guided bike tours around sub-watersheds ship when the assets within them are more Lake Montebello, join leagues, garden at City HERRING RUN PARK extend across CONCEPT & CONTENT Janet Felsten widely known, used, and valued. That’s why Farm bcrp.baltimorecity.gov LAKE MONTEBELLO Baltimore County DESIGN & PRODUCTION Joanne Cooper Wingard CON CTED! we map them together. Connection leads to NE and City. Through ASSIstaNTS Alexandra Lehman, Julia Heslin advocacy. Through BCRP’s Tree Baltimore get free CLIFTON PARK the Joint Watershed Agreement, both trees, learn to help maintain public green Special thanks to John Ciekot, Civic Works jurisdictions work to protect the health of our and Nearby Northeast Neighborhoods Baltimore Green Map leads collaborative spaces. Train to be a certified Weed Warrior portion of the 5-state Chesapeake Bay watershed, mapmaking projects and designs education Tree Steward. TreeBaltimore.org and/or Learn how you can help to improve water quality programs. https://baltogreenmap.org GREEN MAP® ICONS in city waterways: bluewaterbaltimore.org T d h j : Y É K U E ø ´ ± m Q ú Created by Graphic Tigers Historic Element Forest/Grove Special Garden Community Urban Composting Community Swimming Sports Fields Golf Tennis Volunteer Playground Public Art School Great Views Cemetery Parkway Garden Agriculture Site Center Opportunity LAKE HERRING What’S IN THE PARK? MONTEBELLO RUN ----------------- PARK T Y m U history exercise Created by Graphic Tigers 33rd ST CLIFTON PARK 1 Clifton Mansion has stood for over 200 years 16 Clifton Golf Course Built in 1915, this was the as an iconic centerpiece in the development of first public golf course in Baltimore. Desegregated in Northeast Baltimore. When Civic Works took 1948, it attracts golfers from near and far. over the Mansion as its Headquarters, it became “ ...a very walkable, well maintained course; Mayfield its caretaker, stabilizing and repairing its basic ...dramatic elevation changes, yet no more than structure. Civic Works has a longterm lease from 32nd ST a few yards between the green of one hole and 22 the City. civicworks.com tee box of the next.” A FREQUENT GOLFER The Clifton Legacy Education Program 2701 St. Lo Drive, 21213 • Pro Shop 410.243.3500 (Civic Works) conducts tours and arranges for classic5golf.com/clifton_park/ 9 special presentations on Baltimore’s history and culture, often viewed through the lens of Clifton’s 17 First Tee Golf introduces youth ages 7-18 families and the world of their times. Guided tours to golf while cultivating leadership skills through are offered on the third Saturday of the month at the game, offers summer and out-of-school time 10 10am. To register for an upcoming tour or to learn sessions in group settings. more about how to train to be a volunteer docent, thefirstteebaltimore.org Coldstream Homestead Montebello Belair Edison contact [email protected] 18 Tennis Courts 11 newly renovated regulation RENTALS: Clifton Mansion may be rented for private courts, lighting & spectator seating, accessible. events including weddings, community meetings Includes 2 courts striped for pickleball, 3 courts E and corporate gatherings. For more information, call striped for USTA Youth play R D 32 M 410.366.8533 or email [email protected] nd A R ST N D A 19 Rita R. Church Community Center V E P The Friends of Clifton Mansion, an independent Built on the bones of the historic 1920’s Classic O T L non-profit, funds and manages the restoration of Revival-style 2-level pool bathhouse & pavilion, L I select interior spaces to the ornate,1852 level of the 2013 renovation and addition includes a H decoration achieved during Johns Hopkins’ resi- multi-purpose room, computer lab, fitness center 2 dency. Restoration of the tower, grand entrance with locker rooms, game room, kitchen and arts hall with Bay of Naples mural and the south lawn & crafts room. The center hosts teen and seniors arboretum are done; the dining room will be fin- programs, basketball & football teams, exercise ished in 2019. friendsofcliftonmansion.org classes, community meetings and more. During summers, regulation-size swimming pool & splash 23 2 Hilltop House, 1879, became the official pool are open. 2701 St. Lo Drive • 410.396.8958 residence of the City Director of Recreation and 4 Parks in 1895. Now it is the headquarters for Civic 20 Multipurpose Sports Fields for baseball, THE ALAMEDA Works Community Lots Greening programs. soccer, football bowl, running track Created by Graphic16 Tigers 13 3 Clifton Maintenance Yard was built in 1930’s 21 Playground a shady spot to climb, slide, to include stables for work horses. swing & picnic DR D EA 18 H AN DI T 1 IN t OpportUNITIES FOR 7 11 HISTORIC RESTORATION & REUSE 25 7 4 The Gardener’s Cottage, a picturesque gothic T Created by Graphic Tigers S 17 structure, now in disrepair, was designed to pro- S 21 T E LO S vide contrast to the Italianate Mansion. Remnants O D 3 R R of its formal garden and boat lake are still visible. 12 N A meandering path connected the two structures. (Now the golf course intervenes.) IMAGINE : The Gardener’s Cottage, restored as D R D Center for Horticultural Knowledge, a hub for R 14 O F 20 community greening endeavors with displays, R A 5 information, and programs to develop landscape- H 6 related career skills. Tea House, too? 5 Clifton Park Valve House, a Gothic revival D R FORMER LAKE CLIFTON HS IR stone and tile-roofed structure built 1887-88 to A SITE IN TRANSITION L E house the machinery that regulated the flow of B water from Lake Montebello via conduit into Lake Clifton. Abandoned in the early 1960’s, in terrible condition, but an iconic structure for the views 20 from St. Lo Drive park entrances IMAGINE : The Valve House restored becomes a R Local Food & Exhibition venue. D O L T 6 Clifton Park Bandshell (1908, rebuilt after S fire in 1947) Another iconic element of the park, 20 damaged by a fallen tree in 2019 24 IMAGINE : 21st century Bandshell restored for Darley Park Four By Four performances, equpped with current technology and with audience seating 7 Formal Gateways at Park Entry 15 Only the columns that marked each end of St Lo Drive and at Indian Head Dr & Belair Rd remain. nature d h ± : 20 IMAGINE : New signage and entry lighting at Sinclair, Harford & Belair Roads 22 Mothers Garden was dedicated by Board of Park Commissioners to all the mothers of Balti- 7 19 8 Park Pathways more in 1926. Located in the northwest corner, NORTH AVE 0 0.05 0.1 0.2 IMAGINE : a pedestrian-friendly park — paths its rustic pagoda and pergola mark the highest MILES to wander, wider sidewalks, dedicated bike lanes points in the park. The five-acre Garden includes and traffic calming measures to slow automobiles terraced flower beds, flowering trees and shrubs, South Clifton Park that pass through the park picnic tables, benches, and a Japanese-inspired footbridge that used to span a lily pond. After a period of neglect, Mayor William Donald E Q Schaefer rededicated the garden in 1984 to culture his mom Tululu Schaefer and all mothers. The 0.4 Friends of Mothers’ Garden Association, formed T HISTORIC TIMELINE K VOLUNTEER0 | AD0.05VOCATE 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 Q GREAT VIEWS in 2011, works to restore and maintain this urban oasis and hosts an annual Mothers Day event. Miles 9 Mothers Garden the rustic pagoda at park’s fomg.org 1801-1841 Our parks and community greening eforts are made stronger through highest point frames park & neighborhood views “Friends of...”organizations, Civic Works, and one-off volunteer opportunities. Get involved! 23 j Clifton City Farm, a garden plot rental Henry Thompson, shipping merchant, purchased Property improvements focused on active these rural grounds, planted crops, and built a recreation, including the golf course (1915,) the 10 First Hole of Clifton Golf Course views of program of the Recreation & Parks Department, Georgian-style mansion of local stone. He named largest concrete pool in the country (1920), play- downtown skyline and park vistas provides participants access from dawn to dusk Friends of Clifton Park convenes park users Real Food Farm Open volunteer hours include with a key to fenced, locked gardens. The gar- his estate “Clifton” after his ancestral English grounds and sports fields, a bandshell (1908), and and neighbors to advocate for park assets every Wednesday from 9am-12pm and the third lands. Learn more about Henry Thompson at Mothers Garden (1928.) 11 Mansion Tower Climb to the top for a dens have City water April through October, hoses preservation, stewardship, & improvements. Saturday of the month from 9am-12pm. Before HenryThompsonofClifton.org 360-degree overview of the city and wheelbarrows, wood chips and compost [email protected] arriving for open volunteer hours, or to set-up a during the growing season. 1960-1971 dedicated volunteer day, groups of five or more 1841-1873 Lake Clifton Reservoir is decommissioned and Friends of Mothers Garden maintains this 5-acre 12 Clifton Mansion South Lawn newly replanted should email [email protected].