Linkwood Wildlife Management Area
Linkwood Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Opossum Hill stands 18 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Chesapeake Forest, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway passes 3.5 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Wildlife and Heritage Service
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, National
- 10.0 mi off the Blue Crab Scenic Byway
- 29.2 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagle Nesting Site · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chesapeake Forest: 0.8 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 2.5 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 2.7 mi
- DNR Held Conservation Easement: 3.0 mi
- DNR Held Conservation Easement: 3.0 mi
- Ali's Park: 4.0 mi
- Friendship Park: 4.0 mi
- Brohawn Park: 4.1 mi
- East New Market Historic District: 4.1 mi
- Secretary Town Park: 5.1 mi
- East New Market Heritage Museum: 4.1 mi
- Neild Museum: 7.4 mi
- Harriet Tubman Museum: 8.3 mi
- Richardson Maritime Museum: 8.3 mi
- Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center: 12.2 mi
- Stanley Institute: 9.4 mi
- Eagle Nest: 11.1 mi
- Spocott Windmill: 14.1 mi
- Malone's Church: 15.9 mi
- Naylor Mill Forest Trail: 20.3 mi
- Sand Hill: 6.4 mi
- Delia Hill: 7.6 mi
- Ryles Hill: 15.1 mi
- Opossum Hill: 18.3 mi
- Dunker Hill: 20.8 mi
- John F. Kennedy: 8.3 mi
- Skip Gardner: 15.5 mi
- Tom: 18.1 mi
- William Still Center Families Divided & United Marker: 20.9 mi
- Centaur Castle: 23.4 mi
- Cedar Grove Beach: 4.6 mi
- Sandy Hill Beach: 13.4 mi
- Mount Vernon Beach: 20.8 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 8.3 mi
- Mary: 14.3 mi
- Sammy the Seagull: 22.1 mi
- Cambridge Community Garden: 8.5 mi
- Camden Community Garden: 21.5 mi
- Herb & Polinator Garden: 24.5 mi
- North Laurel: 19.5 mi
- B Area Shelter: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Linkwood Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opossum Hill | NNE 21° | 18 m | 18.3 mi |
| Sand Hill | SSW 214° | 4 m | 6.4 mi |
| Ryles Hill | S 170° | 4 m | 15.1 mi |
| Delia Hill | S 172° | 3 m | 7.6 mi |
| Dunker Hill | SSE 156° | 3 m | 20.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:52 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:28 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:05 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 39 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 41 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vienna, 7 mi away.
- Magnolia Green Jumping Spider5 obs
- partridgeberry5 obs
- Common Grackle3 obs
- North American Racer3 obs
- American holly3 obs
- Bald Eagle2 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird2 obs
- Red Clover2 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/314930043
Day trips start here
- Cambridge · 8 mi
- Eastern Shore · 18 mi
- Easton · 18 mi
- Hooper's Island · 22 mi
- St. Michaels · 23 mi
- Denton · 24 mi
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