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Blackbird State Forest - White Road Tract

Blackbird State Forest - White Road Tract from directly overhead

Blackbird State Forest - White Road Tract is a nature reserve in Delaware, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Egg Hill stands 125 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Blackbird State Forest - Wright Tract, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway passes 8.6 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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What to expect

Operated by
DE Forest Service

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Getting there

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Coordinates39.34218, -75.71737
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Townsend Municipal Park: 3.8 mi
  • Smyrna Sports Park: 5.5 mi
  • Estates at St. Anne's Park: 5.7 mi
  • Clayton Community Park: 5.8 mi
  • Smyrna Municipal Park: 6.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Taylor's Bridge School (District No. 66): 8.1 mi
  • Delaware River and Bay Monument: 10.8 mi
  • Mount Harmon: 12.7 mi
  • Jimmie Foxx Memorial: 13.1 mi
  • World War II Headquarters Building: 13.5 mi
Attractions: 48
Museums: 29
Peaks: 16
Gardens: 8
Artworks: 7
Beaches: 6
  • North East Beach Area: 17.9 mi
  • Oakwood Beach: 17.9 mi
  • Betterton Beach: 18.6 mi
  • Roachs Shore: 19.3 mi
  • Deemer's Beach: 22.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Chauncey O. Simpson Memorial Rest Area: 5.5 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • Bethel Bridge Lighthouse (replica): 13.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blackbird State Forest - White Road Tract. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Egg HillNNW 336°125 m24.0 mi
Iron HillN 355°100 m20.6 mi
Foys HillNW 319°92 m23.1 mi
Chestnut HillN 352°89 m21.5 mi
Bull MountainNW 310°85 m17.9 mi
Mauldin MountainNW 305°80 m17.7 mi
Rhodes MountainNW 323°80 m18.9 mi
Grays HillNNW 347°80 m19.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:3719:5320:34
September equinox06:5118:2619:02
December solstice07:2016:0116:43

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363845566473787670594940
Precip in3.43.14.23.73.94.64.14.94.24.13.44.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dover, 18 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Northern Cricket Frog20 obs
  • Fowler's Toad14 obs
  • Marbled Salamander13 obs
  • Maple Looper Moth12 obs
  • Southern Leopard Frog11 obs
  • Great Blue Skimmer11 obs
  • Wood Frog9 obs
  • Tulip-tree Beauty9 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/915304479

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