Nature reserve · Maryland

Chesapeake Forest

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Elevation, modelled: 0 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles: Backbone Hill12 m · 20.1 mi
Nearest byway: Blue Crab Scenic Byway5.0 mi off
Sunset, June solstice: 20:29local time
Coordinates: 37.9721, -75.6630

Chesapeake Forest from directly overhead

Chesapeake Forest is a nature reserve in Maryland, at a modelled 0 m. Backbone Hill stands 12 m to the north, 20 miles off. Blue Crab Scenic Byway passes 5.0 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

Operated by: Maryland Forest Service

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chesapeake Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Backbone Hill	N 6°	12 m	20.1 mi
Dunker Hill	NNW 344°	3 m	21.0 mi
Cherrytree Hill	E 87°	1 m	19.8 mi

On the road

5.0 mi off the Blue Crab Scenic Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Chesapeake Forest: 0.8 mi
Maryland Marine Properties Wildlife Management Area: 0.8 mi
Chesapeake Forest: 1.0 mi
Chesapeake Forest: 2.0 mi
Bell, Kenneth And June Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Easement: 2.7 mi

Parks50

Makemie Monument Park: 3.1 mi
Pocomoke Sound Wildlife Management Area: 7.4 mi
Cypress Park: 8.9 mi
Newtown Park: 9.3 mi
Crisfield Municipal Park: 10.5 mi

Beaches9

Sound Shore: 2.3 mi
Langford Sand: 5.7 mi
Guard Shore: 8.8 mi
Wallops Beach: 13.5 mi
Gargathy Beach: 15.7 mi

Museums8

Costen House Museum: 8.8 mi
Delmarva Discovery Center & Museum: 8.8 mi
Nature Center: 10.4 mi
J. Millard Tawes Historical Museum: 10.7 mi
Eastern Shore Railway Museum: 13.0 mi

Historic sites7

Makemie Monument: 3.1 mi
Accomack County Confederate Monument: 13.0 mi
Town of Parksley War Memorial: 13.0 mi
Chincoteague Island Waterman's Memorial: 14.8 mi
Crossing the Bar: 14.8 mi

Peaks3

Cherrytree Hill: 19.8 mi
Backbone Hill: 20.1 mi
Dunker Hill: 21.0 mi

Gardens2

Corner Sanctuary: 8.7 mi
Olive Marie Lippoldt Garden: 8.9 mi

Attractions2

Lockheed T-33: 9.0 mi
Herbert H. Bateman Educational and Administrative Center: 17.3 mi

Artworks1

Horse: 15.4 mi

Cliffs1

Watts Island Rocks: 18.1 mi

Light

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:07	18:40	19:15
June solstice	05:41	19:50	20:29
September equinox	06:51	18:27	19:01
December solstice	07:16	16:06	16:47

Local time (America/New_York).

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