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Chicamuxen Wildlife Management Area

Chicamuxen Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Chicamuxen Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Mount Daniel stands 144 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Ben Doane Area, a nature reserve 1.9 miles away. Religious Freedom Byway passes 0.5 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Wildlife and Heritage Service

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.54068, -77.22597

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Historic sites
Artworks: 56
Museums: 37
Attractions: 35
Gardens: 28
  • Potomac Shores Community Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Aquia Community Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Embrey Mill Dogwood Garden: 13.0 mi
  • Garden Mulch Supply: 13.0 mi
  • Woodlawn Plantation Garden: 13.1 mi
Peaks: 24
  • Stretchmark Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Rose Hill: 10.8 mi
  • Ravens Crest: 16.8 mi
  • Ellenboro Hill: 16.8 mi
  • Bunker Hill: 16.9 mi
Picnic sites: 23
  • Veterans Park: 7.1 mi
  • Enchanted Pond Picnic Areas (4): 9.2 mi
  • Picnic Table: 13.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 15.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 15.6 mi
Cliffs: 6
Beaches: 6
  • Dolphin Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 8.2 mi
  • West Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Clifton Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 21.6 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 6.1 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 6.2 mi
  • Virginia Welcome Center: 21.6 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 23.5 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 23.5 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Coe Creek: 15.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DanielN 5°144 m24.8 mi
Prout HillN 4°137 m23.6 mi
Upton HillN 11°125 m23.4 mi
Spy HillNNE 12°114 m23.2 mi
Munson HillN 11°112 m22.5 mi
Mount PoneNW 316°96 m24.2 mi
Bald HillNW 319°83 m24.6 mi
Henry HillNW 320°80 m24.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4619:5820:37
September equinox06:5718:3319:08
December solstice07:2416:1016:52

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373947586675797871594940
Precip in2.72.43.63.23.63.54.64.23.43.33.13.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Quantico Mcas, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Box Turtle27 obs
  • Common Wormsnake11 obs
  • American Toad11 obs
  • Fowler's Toad9 obs
  • Green Frog5 obs
  • fan clubmoss5 obs
  • Eastern Copperhead5 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander4 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/314929995

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