Seth Demonstration Forest
Seth Demonstration Forest is a nature reserve in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Opossum Hill stands 18 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Ewing - Ball, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway passes 5.1 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Maryland Forest Service
How to reach it
- 5.1 mi off the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, National
- 16.8 mi off the Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway, National
- 22.0 mi off the Blue Crab Scenic Byway
- 26.6 mi off the Roots and Tides Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagle Nesting Site · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ewing - Ball: 1.3 mi
- Cedar Lane Complex: 4.0 mi
- Otwell Woodland Preserve: 5.7 mi
- Pickering Creek Audubon Center: 9.0 mi
- Caroline County Shooting Preserve: 10.7 mi
- Stoney Ridge Park: 1.4 mi
- Waylands Park: 1.9 mi
- Choptank Wetlands Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Idlewild Park: 2.2 mi
- Matthewstown Run Park: 2.4 mi
- Historical Society of Talbot County Museum: 2.8 mi
- Oxford Museum: 8.5 mi
- Classic Motor Museum: 10.2 mi
- Saint Marys Square Museum: 10.3 mi
- East New Market Heritage Museum: 11.9 mi
- Tom: 2.8 mi
- Centaur Castle: 9.6 mi
- William Still Center Families Divided & United Marker: 12.2 mi
- Wye Island: 12.4 mi
- John F. Kennedy: 12.4 mi
- Cedar Grove Beach: 11.7 mi
- South Beach: 19.7 mi
- North Beach: 19.8 mi
- Wickes Beach: 22.3 mi
- Conquest Beach: 24.5 mi
- Pungy Shipwreck: 13.0 mi
- Spocott Windmill: 13.6 mi
- Stanley Institute: 14.6 mi
- Malone's Church: 20.3 mi
- Eagle Nest: 21.8 mi
- Herb & Polinator Garden: 9.0 mi
- Cambridge Community Garden: 12.6 mi
- Garden of Queen Anne: 22.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 22.4 mi
- Opossum Hill: 12.6 mi
- Sand Hill: 19.9 mi
- Delia Hill: 23.0 mi
- Mary: 4.9 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 12.6 mi
- Stony Bar Bluff: 18.1 mi
- Blackbeards Bluff: 18.1 mi
- B Area Shelter: 13.1 mi
- Thomas Point Shoal Light: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Seth Demonstration Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opossum Hill | ENE 78° | 18 m | 12.6 mi |
| Sand Hill | S 174° | 4 m | 19.9 mi |
| Delia Hill | SSE 163° | 3 m | 23.0 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 | 19:53 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:05 | 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 | 37 | 39 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Royal OAK 2 SSW, 9 mi away.
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander12 obs
- bloodroot11 obs
- Magnolia Green Jumping Spider11 obs
- crane-fly orchid11 obs
- mayapple10 obs
- Christmas fern8 obs
- Fowler's Toad6 obs
- striped wintergreen6 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/314930074
Day trips start here
- Easton · 2 mi
- Eastern Shore · 7 mi
- St. Michaels · 10 mi
- Cambridge · 13 mi
- Denton · 15 mi
- Kent Island · 20 mi
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