Redden State Forest - Sill Tract
Redden State Forest - Sill Tract is a nature reserve in Delaware, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Opossum Hill stands 18 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Redden State Forest - Barr Tract, a nature reserve 2.4 miles away. Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway passes 19 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- DE Forest Service
How to reach it
- 19.2 mi off the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, National
- 20.3 mi off the Blue Crab Scenic Byway
- 29.7 mi off the Delaware Bayshore Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Town Square: 3.7 mi
- Bridgeville Park: 7.1 mi
- Circle Park: 7.3 mi
- Georgetown Little League: 7.4 mi
- Layton Park: 7.9 mi
- Overfalls: 18.0 mi
- Pungy Shipwreck: 20.6 mi
- John Dickinson House: 23.0 mi
- U-3A "Blue Canoe": 24.0 mi
- UH-1H Iroquois: 24.0 mi
- Bridgeville Historical Society Museum: 7.1 mi
- Georgetown Fire Co. Historical Museum: 7.1 mi
- Georgetown Train Station Museum: 7.1 mi
- School House: 8.5 mi
- Nutter Marvel Carriage Museum: 8.5 mi
- Civil War Monument: 8.5 mi
- John Milton Statue: 8.8 mi
- Skip Gardner: 14.7 mi
- Zwaanendael Memorial: 17.1 mi
- The Legacy of Ted Freeman: 17.9 mi
- Banning: 3.4 mi
- Owens Station: 3.7 mi
- New Market: 4.9 mi
- Saint Johnstown: 6.0 mi
- North Laurel: 15.0 mi
- Slaughter Beach: 13.9 mi
- Lewes Public Beach: 18.7 mi
- Bayside Beach: 20.5 mi
- Senior Center Meditation Garden: 10.3 mi
- Delaware Botanic Gardens at Pepper Creek: 19.7 mi
- Opossum Hill: 17.9 mi
- Bottom Hills: 24.2 mi
- Brandywine Shoal Light: 24.6 mi
- Fourteen Foot Bank Light: 24.9 mi
- Back Bay Art Glass LLC: 18.2 mi
- B Area Shelter: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Redden State Forest - Sill Tract. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opossum Hill | W 274° | 18 m | 17.9 mi |
| Bottom Hills | ESE 116° | 0 m | 24.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:51 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:02 | 16:44 |
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 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenwood 2NE, 6 mi away.
- Barn Swallow10 obs
- Variable Dancer10 obs
- Common Five-lined Skink7 obs
- Silver-spotted Skipper7 obs
- Ebony Jewelwing6 obs
- Fragile Forktail6 obs
- Zabulon Skipper6 obs
- Spicebush Swallowtail5 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/914904039
Day trips start here
- Denton · 21 mi
- Magnolia · 21 mi
- Rehoboth Beach · 21 mi
- Camden · 24 mi
- Eastern Shore · 24 mi
- Dover · 27 mi
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