Baltimore City High Point Trip Report
480 ft
Author: Glenn Bock
Area Location: North-West Corner in vicinity of Reisterstown Rd
Maps: Baltimore West Quad, DeLorme 58
Route: North on Reisterstown Rd (140) Left on Crest Heights Right on Glen Heights,
looks like local high point is in front of 5946 Glen Heights. One way roads will result
in some consternation.
Points of Interest Nearby -
County Tourism: 800-343-3468
Baltimore Inner Harbor,
U.S. Frigate Constellation
Baltimore Museum of Art
Columbus Center
The National Aquarium at Baltimore
Maryland Science Center
Baltimore Zoo
Fort McHenry National Monument
Pimlico Race Course
Cylbum Park
Coldspring New Town
...and many more in the city of Baltimore
Historical Notes: Baltimore, the nation's fourth largest port, was laid out as a town
in 1729 from the lands of Thomas Carroll. By 1745 it had consolidated the older settlement
of Oldtown (or Jonestown). The origin of Maryland Baltimore was the Calvert Family,
especially Cecil, whose father, George Calvert, had become Lord Baltimore, of the
Barony of Baltimore, in Ireland, in 1625. It has been debated whether the name of
George Calvert's Irish title and barony comes from Baltimore, a seaport in County Cork,
or from an obscure unmapped Baltimore on the River Rinn, in County Longford.
Lord Baltimore's barony was in County Longford, and in recent years "Baltimore Fields"
and "Baltimore Lane" were discovered there on the River Rinn. However, it was an
established custom from Irish lords to take their titles from local seaports.
All in all, the evidence seems to favor the origin from Baltimore, County Cork.
This is also the opinion of the Irish Placenames Commission.
The Gaelic elements
of the name Baltimore are bailte and mora. The meaning is "big houses, homesteads,
estates." In 1768 it became the county seat of Baltimore County.
In 1851 the city was large enough to become an independent city and the county seat
was moved to Towson. A disastrous fire destroyed the downtown area in 1904, but
growth and annexation continued until the present boundaries were reached in 1914.
Description of High Point: Residential Area, looks like the road in the middle of
the street may be the local high point (~5946 Glen Heights Rd).