Taber State Forest
Taber State Forest is a nature reserve in Delaware, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Opossum Hill stands 18 m to the southwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Interstate Fire Tower, a nature reserve 5.3 miles away. Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway passes 5.9 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- DE Forest Service
How to reach it
- 5.9 mi off the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, National
- 22.4 mi off the Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway, National
- 22.9 mi off the Blue Crab Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Interstate Fire Tower: 5.3 mi
- Chesapeak Forest - Merrikan Gordy Complex: 5.6 mi
- Chesapeake Forest - Seipp Complex: 7.8 mi
- Pelot Bird Sanctuary: 8.9 mi
- Caroline County Shooting Preserve: 9.5 mi
- Coursey Park: 6.6 mi
- Sharp Road Community Park: 6.7 mi
- Olive Branch Lodge Park: 6.7 mi
- 4th Street Park: 6.8 mi
- Wheeler Park: 6.8 mi
- Pungy Shipwreck: 7.3 mi
- John Dickinson House: 20.7 mi
- C-121C Super Constellation: 21.3 mi
- UH-1H Iroquois: 21.3 mi
- U-3A "Blue Canoe": 21.3 mi
- Museum of Rural Life: 6.9 mi
- Harrington Tower Railroad Museum: 7.6 mi
- The Greater Harrington Historical Society: 7.6 mi
- Greensboro Historical Society Museum: 8.6 mi
- Bridgeville Historical Society Museum: 10.8 mi
- William Still Center Families Divided & United Marker: 7.6 mi
- Skip Gardner: 18.5 mi
- Tom: 21.0 mi
- Liberty Bell Replica: 21.7 mi
- Fireman's Memorial: 21.7 mi
- Saint Johnstown: 8.6 mi
- Owens Station: 10.8 mi
- Banning: 11.3 mi
- New Market: 17.3 mi
- North Laurel: 22.7 mi
- Senior Center Meditation Garden: 15.2 mi
- Herb & Polinator Garden: 22.5 mi
- B Area Shelter: 7.3 mi
- Opossum Hill: 8.3 mi
- Mary: 15.7 mi
- Slaughter Beach: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Taber State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opossum Hill | SW 221° | 18 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:52 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:27 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:03 | 16:45 |
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, 8 mi away.
- European field pansy4 obs
- hemp dogbane4 obs
- Dogbane Saucrobotys Moth4 obs
- henbit deadnettle3 obs
- red deadnettle3 obs
- shepherd's-purse3 obs
- Differential Grasshopper3 obs
- tiny bluet3 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/915249511
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