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Spiegle Cooperative Wildlife Management Area

Spiegle Cooperative Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Spiegle Cooperative Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 203 m. Piney Mountain stands 524 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Hahn Cooperative Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Mason and Dixon Byway passes 1.5 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Maryland Wildlife and Heritage Service

How to reach it

Coordinates39.67084, -76.98190

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Hashawha Environmental Center: 1.5 mi
  • Union Mills Homestead Park: 1.9 mi
  • Silver Run-Union Mills Community Park: 2.0 mi
  • Charles Carroll Community Center: 2.9 mi
  • Hanover Watershed Wildlife Management Area: 4.2 mi
Historic sites
Peaks: 53
  • Carroll County Highpoint: 4.2 mi
  • Beecher Hill: 7.9 mi
  • Saubel Hill: 11.6 mi
  • Pigeon Hill: 13.1 mi
  • High Rock: 13.4 mi
Museums: 44
Artworks: 25
Attractions: 13
Gardens: 8
  • Filbert/Diller Corner Garden: 9.1 mi
  • Scott Brown Memorial Garden: 18.7 mi
  • Kids Garden: 19.7 mi
  • Pollinator Garden: 19.7 mi
  • Community Garden: 19.8 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Cape Horn Picnic Grove: 5.6 mi
  • Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
  • Founder's Plaza: 19.7 mi
  • Timber Tent: 20.2 mi
Springs: 5
  • Koontz Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Spangler's Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Menchey’s Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Katelysine Spring: 18.6 mi
  • Fountaindale Spring: 22.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 17.8 mi
  • Truck Rest Area: 23.8 mi
Cliffs: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • McKeldin Falls: 22.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Spiegle Cooperative Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Piney MountainW 269°524 m23.5 mi
College MountainW 274°520 m20.9 mi
Round TopW 272°520 m22.1 mi
Carrick KnobW 274°495 m21.2 mi
Wertenbaker HillW 274°493 m23.6 mi
Jacks MountainWNW 285°470 m23.9 mi
Raven Rock MountainW 281°462 m23.7 mi
Derr HillW 275°454 m22.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4119:5920:40
September equinox06:5618:3119:07
December solstice07:2616:0516:48

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516170757366544435
Precip in3.02.63.73.73.93.74.33.94.83.93.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hanover 4 SW, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1525846457

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