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Pickering Creek Audubon Center

Pickering Creek Audubon Center from directly overhead

Pickering Creek Audubon Center is a nature reserve in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Opossum Hill stands 18 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Herb & Polinator Garden, a garden 0.3 miles away. Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway passes 7.7 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Chesapeake Audubon Society

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates38.86247, -76.11923

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Glebe Park: 5.5 mi
  • Ian "Mac" Morrell Park: 5.6 mi
  • North Easton park: 5.6 mi
  • Wye Oak State Park: 5.7 mi
  • Tots Park: 5.9 mi
Nature reserves: 45
Historic sites: 36
Museums: 23
Beaches: 21
Artworks: 10
Attractions: 9
  • Pungy Shipwreck: 15.1 mi
  • Spocott Windmill: 19.2 mi
  • F-14A Tomcat: 21.9 mi
  • EA-6B Growler: 21.9 mi
  • F-4A Phantom II: 21.9 mi
Gardens: 7
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 1
Lighthouses: 1
Peaks: 1
  • Opossum Hill: 17.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pickering Creek Audubon Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Opossum HillESE 107°18 m17.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4119:17
June solstice05:4019:5420:34
September equinox06:5318:2819:03
December solstice07:2016:0416:46

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373946576675797771604941
Precip in3.53.14.43.73.94.04.34.84.24.43.43.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Royal OAK 2 SSW, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1252610759

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