Cylburn Arboretum

Cylburn

Two hundred acres of city park in their own words, and the least Baltimore-looking place in this guide: specimen trees, formal gardens, wooded trails and an 1863 stone mansion built for the businessman Jesse Tyson by the architect who did City Hall. There are no fees to go in and no food on the property either, so it is a morning or an afternoon you bring with you. The mansion is shut except on the second Saturday and Sunday of the month, which is worth knowing before you make it the reason for the trip. Dogs are welcome on the grounds on a leash.

Address

4915 Greenspring Avenue, Baltimore 21209

Directions⌄

Hours

Tuesday to Sunday 8am to 8pm, closed Monday; from October 20, 2026, 8am to 5pm. Nature Education Center Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 4pm, and 10am to 2pm on the first and second Sundays of the month.

Coming up

• ArBOOretumOct 29 to Oct 30 · 5pm to 7:30pmCylburn's family Halloween evening: the mansion decorated for photographs, a self-guided haunted trail walk through the woods pitched at elementary-age children, guided night hikes at 6 and 6:30 (no strollers), the Nature Education Center open 5:15 to 6:45, entertainers, free face painting and food trucks. $5 plus fees in advance, $10 at the door; tickets are for the night bought and cannot be refunded, rain or shine. Its page said under 3s free, its newer post says under 2s, so take the post.Cylburn Arboretum Friends' own ArBOOretum page and the ticket page it links, read Oct 7, 2026; its own Instagram post of Oct 2, 2026 for the trail, the hikes, the face painting and the under-2s line, read Oct 22, 2026

Every week

• ·The mansion's first floor opens on the second Saturday and Sunday of each month

Season

Open to the public year round; the posted closing time moves with the season

In the guides

• Free Baltimore, done properly
• Nights out that publish their access

Parking

Free on-site parking in the arboretum's own lots. The gates shut promptly at closing: anyone still on the property leaves on foot through the walking gate on Greenspring Ave and comes back for the car the next day.

Age rules

None

Accessibility

Paved pathways reach the buildings from the parking lots, the circle in front of the Vollmer Center and the mansion. The Vollmer Visitor Center is accessible with first-floor restrooms and a lift to the lower floor; the mansion has a wheelchair ramp on its west side with entry through the side door; the Greenhouse Classroom and the Nature Education Center both have accessible entrances and restrooms. Accessible parking is in the upper lot by the Vollmer Center and at the Greenhouse Classroom.

Official links

cylburn.org

Verified

Verified Sep 26, 2026 against Cylburn Arboretum Friends' own site: the hours, including the October 20 change, read at cylburn.org on Sep 26, 2026; the free admission, the mansion's opening weekend, the access detail and the gate rule read Sep 21, 2026 through the Internet Archive's captures of 6 and 12 July 2026, because cylburn.org was returning a gateway error that day. Wikipedia for the coordinates and the 1863 date.. Facts can drift; if something here is wrong, tell us and we’ll fix it. How we check.

Not yet confirmed

When the 8pm closing comes back in spring, which the arboretum has not posted yet.