Blackbird State Forest - Barlow Tract
Blackbird State Forest - Barlow Tract is a nature reserve in Delaware, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Egg Hill stands 125 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Blackbird State Forest - Bruce C. Ennis Tract, a nature reserve 1.4 miles away. Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- DE Forest Service
How to reach it
- 10.6 mi off the Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway, National
- 14.1 mi off the Delaware Bayshore Byway, National
- 14.4 mi off the Bayshore Heritage Byway, National
- 23.0 mi off the Mason and Dixon Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Townsend Municipal Park: 2.0 mi
- Odessa National Community Park: 3.7 mi
- Odessa National Community Park: 3.7 mi
- Estates at St. Anne's Park: 4.7 mi
- Middletown Nature Area: 5.0 mi
- Taylor's Bridge School (District No. 66): 4.9 mi
- Delaware River and Bay Monument: 7.6 mi
- Augustine Beach: 10.4 mi
- Village of Port Penn: 11.1 mi
- World War II Headquarters Building: 12.3 mi
- Ronnys Garden World: 4.8 mi
- Monster Monument: 15.0 mi
- Woodburn and Hall House - The Governor's House (First State Heritage Park): 16.7 mi
- Constitution Park (First State Heritage Park): 16.9 mi
- Johnson Victrola Museum (First State Heritage Park): 16.9 mi
- Smyrna Museum: 6.1 mi
- Massey Air Museum: 8.5 mi
- Delaware State Police Museum: 14.2 mi
- Delaware Agricultural Museum: 15.2 mi
- Woodburn: Governor's House: 16.7 mi
- Daves Hill: 13.4 mi
- Grays Hill: 17.9 mi
- Pine Mount: 18.1 mi
- Black Hill: 18.2 mi
- Coffin Hill: 18.5 mi
- Delaware Highway Memorial Garden: 4.5 mi
- Lepidoptera Trail, & Successional Woods: 20.6 mi
- Read House and Gardens: 20.6 mi
- Herbaceous Garden: 20.6 mi
- Native Garden: 20.6 mi
- Hammering Heart: 18.3 mi
- Chloe & Lucinda (Nubian Goats): 21.4 mi
- Wings of Thought: 21.5 mi
- The Student: 21.6 mi
- George Washington: 23.8 mi
- Oakwood Beach: 14.7 mi
- North East Beach Area: 18.9 mi
- Roachs Shore: 19.7 mi
- Deemer's Beach: 19.8 mi
- Betterton Beach: 21.0 mi
- Chauncey O. Simpson Memorial Rest Area: 4.5 mi
- Deepwater Rest Area: 24.0 mi
- Frenchtown: 16.8 mi
- Glenville: 23.5 mi
- Bethel Bridge Lighthouse (replica): 12.9 mi
- White Banks: 18.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blackbird State Forest - Barlow Tract. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egg Hill | NNW 328° | 125 m | 23.2 mi |
| Iron Hill | NNW 347° | 100 m | 18.8 mi |
| Foys Hill | NW 311° | 92 m | 23.4 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | NNW 345° | 89 m | 19.9 mi |
| Drummond Hill | N 355° | 88 m | 23.5 mi |
| Bull Mountain | WNW 300° | 85 m | 18.7 mi |
| Grays Hill | NNW 338° | 80 m | 17.9 mi |
| Mauldin Mountain | WNW 295° | 80 m | 18.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:53 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:01 | 16:43 |
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 | 36 | 38 | 45 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dover, 18 mi away.
- downy rattlesnake plantain7 obs
- partridgeberry7 obs
- fan clubmoss7 obs
- Eastern Elliptio7 obs
- Common Box Turtle6 obs
- North American Luna Moth6 obs
- shining firmoss6 obs
- crane-fly orchid6 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/915298213
Day trips start here
- Chesapeake City · 13 mi
- Dover · 17 mi
- Camden · 19 mi
- New Castle · 21 mi
- Pennsville · 21 mi
- Newark · 22 mi
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