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Belle Grove Wildlife Management Area

Belle Grove Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Belle Grove Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 305 m. Martin Hill stands 808 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Aaron Straus Heritage Conservation Fund Site, a nature reserve 3.6 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 0.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Wildlife and Heritage Service

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates39.69648, -78.36296

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 57
Nature reserves: 20
Historic sites: 20
Springs: 14
  • Dawson Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Lord Fairfax Spring: 8.6 mi
  • A natural spring at the Central Trail: 14.0 mi
  • Natural Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 18.1 mi
Museums: 14
  • Museum of Berkeley Springs: 8.6 mi
  • Hancock Museum: 9.6 mi
  • Thomas D. Ambrose Nature Center: 13.9 mi
  • The Irvin Allen/Michael Cresap Museum: 17.0 mi
  • CCC museum: 20.0 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Almost Heaven Sign: 15.6 mi
  • Almost Heaven Swing: 15.6 mi
  • Farnham Colossi: 19.9 mi
  • Junior Officer's Quarters: 20.0 mi
  • Captain's Quarters: 20.0 mi
Cliffs: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Sweet Root Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
  • Blankley Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
  • Ali Ghan Picnic Grounds: 19.3 mi
  • Sideling Hill Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Sideling Hill Rest Area Eastbound: 4.6 mi
  • Sideling Hill Rest Area Westbound: 4.6 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Morgan Arts Council: 8.7 mi
  • The Igloo: 21.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of Belle Grove Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Martin HillNW 316°808 m13.9 mi
High PointS 177°789 m17.5 mi
Evitts MountainW 277°710 m15.7 mi
Emmaville MountainNNE 28°690 m15.6 mi
Spring Gap MountainSSW 201°679 m17.7 mi
Cacapon 2SSE 166°673 m11.4 mi
Warrior MountainWSW 249°650 m14.7 mi
Cross MountainE 83°627 m19.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5019:26
June solstice05:4720:0520:45
September equinox07:0218:3719:12
December solstice07:3216:1016:53

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313341526169747265544335
Precip in3.62.23.03.54.44.94.33.14.43.32.63.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cacapon ST PK #2, 13 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great Spangled Fritillary20 obs
  • Sleepy Duskywing19 obs
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue19 obs
  • Northern Metalmark18 obs
  • Pearl Crescent16 obs
  • Juvenal's Duskywing14 obs
  • Powdered Dancer14 obs
  • Red-spotted Admiral13 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/277937379

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