Mount Vernon Place and the Washington Monument

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The Washington Monument rising over Mount Vernon Place

Four landscaped squares around Baltimore's Washington Monument, stewarded by the Mount Vernon Place Conservancy, free and open dawn to dusk with fountains, sculpture, and the Walters and Peabody on their edges. Summer in the Squares puts free concerts in the West Square on Thursdays June through August, and the Monument Lighting on the first Thursday of December ends in fireworks. The monument's gallery level is free; the climb is $6.

Address: 699 Washington Pl
Hours: Squares dawn to dusk; monument Wed-Sun 10-5
In the guides: Free Baltimore, done properly
Mount Vernon, from the monument north
Parking: Metered street parking on the squares; Walters visitor lot, 600 Cathedral St, is one block west.
Age rules: Not stated
Accessibility: Not published beyond open access
Official links: mountvernonplace.org
Verified: Verified Sep 17, 2026 against Conservancy site; Visit Baltimore. Facts can drift; if something here is wrong, tell us and we’ll fix it. How we check.
Not yet confirmed: 2026 Monument Lighting date

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