Maryland Marine Properties Wildlife Management Area
Maryland Marine Properties Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Backbone Hill stands 12 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Chesapeake Forest, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Blue Crab Scenic Byway passes 4.7 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Wildlife and Heritage Service
How to reach it
- 4.7 mi off the Blue Crab Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Chesapeake Forest: 0.8 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 1.0 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 1.3 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 1.4 mi
- Stoltzfus Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Easement: 2.2 mi
- Makemie Monument Park: 3.8 mi
- Pocomoke Sound Wildlife Management Area: 6.7 mi
- Cypress Park: 9.1 mi
- Newtown Park: 9.7 mi
- Crisfield Municipal Park: 9.7 mi
- Sound Shore: 1.6 mi
- Langford Sand: 5.0 mi
- Guard Shore: 9.0 mi
- Wallops Beach: 14.3 mi
- Gargathy Beach: 16.3 mi
- Delmarva Discovery Center & Museum: 9.0 mi
- Costen House Museum: 9.0 mi
- Nature Center: 9.6 mi
- J. Millard Tawes Historical Museum: 10.0 mi
- Eastern Shore Railway Museum: 13.3 mi
- Makemie Monument: 3.8 mi
- Accomack County Confederate Monument: 13.3 mi
- Town of Parksley War Memorial: 13.4 mi
- Chincoteague Island Waterman's Memorial: 15.6 mi
- Crossing the Bar: 15.6 mi
- Backbone Hill: 19.9 mi
- Cherrytree Hill: 20.6 mi
- Dunker Hill: 20.6 mi
- Corner Sanctuary: 9.0 mi
- Olive Marie Lippoldt Garden: 9.1 mi
- Lockheed T-33: 9.4 mi
- Herbert H. Bateman Educational and Administrative Center: 18.1 mi
- Horse: 16.2 mi
- Watts Island Rocks: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Maryland Marine Properties Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backbone Hill | N 8° | 12 m | 19.9 mi |
| Dunker Hill | NNW 345° | 3 m | 20.6 mi |
| Cherrytree Hill | E 88° | 1 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| 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).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 40 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wallops IS Nasa Test Facility, 12 mi away.
- stinking camphorweed3 obs
- Speckled Blister Lichen3 obs
- American Royal Fern3 obs
- Swamp Sparrow2 obs
- Fox Sparrow2 obs
- Savannah Sparrow2 obs
- Painted Turtle2 obs
- American holly2 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/314948825
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