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Forest Hill Lake Fish Management Area

Forest Hill Lake Fish Management Area from directly overhead

Forest Hill Lake Fish Management Area is a nature reserve in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 153 m. Spook Hill stands 233 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Friends Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Mason and Dixon Byway passes 1.1 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Fisheries Service

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.58328, -76.38297

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Friends Park: 0.0 mi
  • Forest Hill Recreation Complex: 0.8 mi
  • Blake's Venture Park: 1.3 mi
  • Old Fields Park: 3.5 mi
  • Majors Choice Park: 3.6 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • MA & PA Heritage (HoH): 3.3 mi
  • Bel Air's Family Tree (HoH): 3.3 mi
  • Hometown Heritage (HoH): 3.5 mi
  • Legacy of Harford Mutual (HoH): 3.5 mi
  • Bulldog Pride (HoH): 3.6 mi
Gardens
Nature reserves
Museums
  • Hays House: 4.0 mi
  • Jerusalem Mill Museum and Vistors Center: 8.4 mi
  • Old Line Museum: 10.4 mi
  • Hosanna School Museum: 10.8 mi
  • Aberdeen Historical Museum: 12.7 mi
Peaks: 43
Attractions: 37
  • Deer Creek Rapids @ Rocks (Class III): 4.0 mi
  • Sandy Hook Speedway: 5.1 mi
  • A Village Of Garden Gnomes: 14.1 mi
  • Willow Grove Barn: 14.4 mi
  • Spring House: 14.4 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Green Quarry: 9.7 mi
  • Wildcat Point: 12.5 mi
  • Loch Raven Cliffs: 13.1 mi
  • \: 13.3 mi
  • Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 14.2 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Rock Ridge Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
  • Wilson's Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
  • Hills Grove Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
  • Deer Creek Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
  • Pecos Tent: 17.1 mi
Beaches: 6
Springs: 5
  • Marble Springs: 14.0 mi
  • Black Barren Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 22.6 mi
  • Crises Spring: 22.6 mi
  • Black Rock Spring: 24.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spook HillWNW 282°233 m18.2 mi
Ivy HillWSW 241°200 m17.7 mi
Red HillNNE 12°192 m22.8 mi
Oregon RidgeWSW 248°191 m17.5 mi
Abell RidgeSW 228°155 m17.8 mi
Satyr HillSW 215°151 m15.0 mi
Cherry HillSSW 204°149 m8.0 mi
Cub HillSSW 212°147 m13.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:18
June solstice05:3919:5720:37
September equinox06:5418:2919:04
December solstice07:2316:0316:45

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333542546473787669574638
Precip in3.62.64.23.43.94.54.74.55.14.53.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Conowingo DAM, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/314930025

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