Billmeyer Wildlife Management Area
Billmeyer Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 295 m. Savage Mountain stands 813 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Belle Grove Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 3.7 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 0.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 295 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Wildlife and Heritage Service
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 3.3 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 8.1 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
- 18.8 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Warrior Mountain Overlook · 5 mi
- Banner's Overlook · 6 mi
- Sideling Hill Viewpoint · 8 mi
- Prospect Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- High Germany Hill: 4.1 mi
- Ragged Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Gabriel Knob: 4.5 mi
- Polish Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Ragged Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Glendale Area Park: 7.7 mi
- Widmeyer Wildlife Management Area: 10.1 mi
- Paw Paw Town Park: 10.7 mi
- CMA Play Area: 10.8 mi
- Pool/Snack Stand: 11.3 mi
- Victor Cushwa: 8.3 mi
- Prospect Rock: 10.0 mi
- Round Top Cement Mill: 10.8 mi
- Samuel Taylor Suit Cottage: 11.2 mi
- George Washington's Bathtub: 11.2 mi
- Belle Grove Wildlife Management Area: 3.7 mi
- Aaron Straus Heritage Conservation Fund Site: 5.0 mi
- Eidolon Nature Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Hanging Prairie Shale Barren Heritage Conservation Fund Site: 8.0 mi
- Richards CREP Easement: 8.1 mi
- Museum of Berkeley Springs: 11.3 mi
- Hancock Museum: 13.2 mi
- The Irvin Allen/Michael Cresap Museum: 13.6 mi
- Thomas D. Ambrose Nature Center: 14.1 mi
- Allegany Museum: 17.9 mi
- Dawson Spring: 8.5 mi
- Lord Fairfax Spring: 11.3 mi
- A natural spring at the Central Trail: 13.9 mi
- Natural Spring: 14.4 mi
- Indian Springs: 19.5 mi
- Almost Heaven Sign: 15.1 mi
- Almost Heaven Swing: 15.1 mi
- Farnham Colossi: 20.2 mi
- Junior Officer's Quarters: 23.2 mi
- Captain's Quarters: 23.2 mi
- Sweet Root Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
- Blankley Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
- Ali Ghan Picnic Grounds: 15.7 mi
- Mountain View: 22.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 12.3 mi
- Lovers Leap: 18.5 mi
- The Lockings: 20.4 mi
- The Little Point: 22.7 mi
- Sideling Hill Rest Area Eastbound: 8.3 mi
- Sideling Hill Rest Area Westbound: 8.4 mi
- Morgan Arts Council: 11.4 mi
- The Igloo: 23.2 mi
- River Beach: 22.4 mi
- Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 23.8 mi
- Jarrett Falls: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of Billmeyer Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Savage Mountain | NW 311° | 813 m | 21.7 mi |
| Martin Hill | NNW 331° | 808 m | 12.7 mi |
| High Point | SSE 165° | 789 m | 16.9 mi |
| Evitts Mountain | WNW 285° | 710 m | 12.5 mi |
| Emmaville Mountain | NE 36° | 690 m | 18.5 mi |
| Spring Gap Mountain | S 190° | 679 m | 15.6 mi |
| Cacapon 2 | SSE 148° | 673 m | 11.8 mi |
| Little Allegheny Mountain | W 277° | 660 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:50 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 20:05 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:11 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cacapon ST PK #2, 14 mi away.
- Virginia Springbeauty29 obs
- rue anemone28 obs
- Virginia saxifrage28 obs
- Eastern Fence Lizard20 obs
- woodland stonecrop20 obs
- round-lobed hepatica19 obs
- cut-leaved toothwort18 obs
- rattlesnakeweed17 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/277937380
Day trips start here
- Hancock · 13 mi
- Hedgesville · 25 mi
- Martinsburg · 29 mi
- Mercersburg · 30 mi
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