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Earleville Wildlife Management Area

Earleville Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Earleville Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Mount Felix stands 142 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway passes 2.5 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Wildlife and Heritage Service

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.44963, -75.91782

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves: 58
Artworks: 37
Museums: 25
Peaks: 24
Gardens: 24
Beaches: 8
Attractions: 5
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Lighthouses: 1
  • Bethel Bridge Lighthouse (replica): 7.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Deer Creek Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Chauncey O. Simpson Memorial Rest Area: 18.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Black Barren Spring: 24.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount FelixNW 306°142 m14.1 mi
Goat HillNNW 334°135 m21.0 mi
Mount AraratNW 319°134 m13.5 mi
Egg HillN 4°125 m14.5 mi
Bald FriarNW 318°116 m23.7 mi
Schoolhouse HillWNW 303°115 m19.7 mi
Iron HillNE 34°100 m15.8 mi
Cromleys MountainNW 319°100 m20.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4019:16
June solstice05:3819:5520:35
September equinox06:5218:2719:03
December solstice07:2116:0116:44

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333643546372777569574638
Precip in3.32.84.13.54.04.34.84.24.84.23.33.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Aberdeen Phillips FLD, 14 mi away.

  • Cecropia Moth8 obs
  • Osprey6 obs
  • Turkey Vulture5 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail5 obs
  • Carolina Chickadee5 obs
  • American sweetgum4 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco3 obs
  • Brown-headed Cowbird3 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/314930015

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