Mill Creek Wildlife Sanctuary
Mill Creek Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 7 m. Opossum Hill stands 18 m to the east-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Wye Oak State Park, a park 1.9 miles away. Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway passes 6.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 7 m
How to reach it
- 6.8 mi off the Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway, National
- 6.7 mi off the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, National
- 23.2 mi off the Roots and Tides Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Wye Oak State Park: 1.9 mi
- Cordova Community Park: 4.6 mi
- Frederick Douglass Park on the Tuckahoe: 6.3 mi
- Roosevelt Park: 6.3 mi
- Hillsboro Community Park: 6.9 mi
- Pickering Creek Audubon Center: 4.5 mi
- Adkins Arboretum: 7.6 mi
- DNR Held Conservation Easement: 11.0 mi
- Seth Demonstration Forest: 11.6 mi
- Caroline County Shooting Preserve: 11.7 mi
- Wye Island: 3.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 9.0 mi
- Queen Anne: 9.0 mi
- Tom: 9.6 mi
- Waterman's Monument: 10.1 mi
- Historical Society of Talbot County Museum: 9.7 mi
- Saint Marys Square Museum: 12.3 mi
- Classic Motor Museum: 12.4 mi
- Museum of Rural Life: 12.9 mi
- Greensboro Historical Society Museum: 14.7 mi
- Wickes Beach: 12.2 mi
- Conquest Beach: 12.9 mi
- North Beach: 16.1 mi
- South Beach: 16.4 mi
- Bay Ridge Beach: 20.9 mi
- Herb & Polinator Garden: 4.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 12.2 mi
- Garden of Queen Anne: 14.6 mi
- Rainwater Garden: 23.3 mi
- Tawe's Garden: 23.8 mi
- Pungy Shipwreck: 12.9 mi
- Chestertown Station: 20.2 mi
- F-14A Tomcat: 23.4 mi
- EA-6B Growler: 23.4 mi
- Spocott Windmill: 23.4 mi
- Mary: 13.4 mi
- George Washington: 20.9 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 23.9 mi
- Blackbeards Bluff: 7.9 mi
- Stony Bar Bluff: 8.7 mi
- B Area Shelter: 12.8 mi
- Opossum Hill: 16.7 mi
- Thomas Point Shoal Light: 19.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mill Creek Wildlife Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opossum Hill | ESE 122° | 18 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:54 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:04 | 16:46 |
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 | 35 | 37 | 44 | 55 | 65 | 75 | 80 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stevensville 2SW, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1067514292
Day trips start here
- Easton · 10 mi
- Eastern Shore · 11 mi
- St. Michaels · 12 mi
- Denton · 13 mi
- Kent Island · 13 mi
- Rock Hall · 18 mi
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