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Redden State Forest - Bailey Tract

Redden State Forest - Bailey Tract from directly overhead

Redden State Forest - Bailey Tract is a nature reserve in Delaware, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Opossum Hill stands 18 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Redden State Forest - Day Tract, a nature reserve 1.4 miles away. Blue Crab Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
DE Forest Service

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates38.71313, -75.42692

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Circle Park: 2.7 mi
  • Georgetown Little League: 2.9 mi
  • Layton Park: 3.4 mi
  • Sports at the Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Town Square: 6.5 mi
Museums: 26
  • Georgetown Fire Co. Historical Museum: 2.6 mi
  • Georgetown Train Station Museum: 2.6 mi
  • School House: 3.9 mi
  • Nutter Marvel Carriage Museum: 3.9 mi
  • Telephone Museum: 3.9 mi
Historic sites: 22
  • Civil War Monument: 3.9 mi
  • John Milton Statue: 7.6 mi
  • Skip Gardner: 14.3 mi
  • Zwaanendael Memorial: 15.3 mi
  • The Legacy of Ted Freeman: 15.7 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Artworks: 3
  • Back Bay Art Glass LLC: 13.9 mi
  • Spinosaurus: 23.6 mi
  • Triceratops: 23.6 mi
Beaches: 3
Attractions: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Senior Center Meditation Garden: 13.9 mi
  • Delaware Botanic Gardens at Pepper Creek: 15.1 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Bottom Hills: 20.3 mi
  • Opossum Hill: 21.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Redden State Forest - Bailey Tract. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Opossum HillWNW 284°18 m21.1 mi
Bottom HillsESE 109°0 m20.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3919:14
June solstice05:3819:5120:31
September equinox06:5018:2519:01
December solstice07:1716:0216:44

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373946566574797770594941
Precip in3.02.63.93.33.64.14.14.04.54.13.23.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Georgetown-delaware Coastal AP, 4 mi away.

  • Painted Turtle174 obs
  • Fragile Forktail66 obs
  • Blue Dasher59 obs
  • Huron Skipper53 obs
  • Citrine Forktail52 obs
  • Green Frog51 obs
  • Northern Red-bellied Cooter48 obs
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue47 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/914846005

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