Baltimore, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Restoring Water Quality
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Unhealthy Stream
Rain runs off roofs, roads, and parking lots in such volume and velocity that it scours and erodes streambeds and banks.
Healthy Stream
Rain falls on trees and other vegetation and evaporates, reducing water temperatures and slowing seeping into the ground and eventually into the stream, filtered and cleaned of pollutants.
Erected by Gwynns Falls Trail Council.
Marker series. This marker is included in the Maryland, Gwynns Falls Trail marker series.
Location. 39° 16.31′ N, 76° 38.933′ W. Marker is in Baltimore, Maryland. Marker can be reached from Washington Boulevard. Touch for map. Marker is a short distance from the trailhead parking lot, in the Carroll Park Golf Course. Marker is in this post office area: Baltimore MD 21230, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Carroll Park at the Golf Course (within shouting distance of this marker); Of Fords, Felles, and Falls (approx. 0.2 miles away); Carrollton Viaduct (approx. 0.4 miles away); Carroll Park (approx. half a mile away); Mt. Clare (approx. 0.6 miles away); Camp Carroll (approx. 0.6 miles away); Mount Clare (approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named Mt. Clare (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baltimore.
Categories. • Natural Features •
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on March 19, 2008, by Christopher Busta-Peck of Shaker Heights, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,447 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 19, 2008, by Christopher Busta-Peck of Shaker Heights, Ohio.