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Unicorn Lake Fish Management Area

Unicorn Lake Fish Management Area from directly overhead

Unicorn Lake Fish Management Area is a nature reserve in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Bull Mountain stands 85 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Fish Culture Ponds, a park 0.4 miles away. Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway passes 6.7 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Fisheries Service

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.24442, -75.85747

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves: 58
Historic sites: 27
Museums: 24
Peaks: 8
Beaches: 5
Artworks: 3
Gardens: 1
  • Delaware Highway Memorial Garden: 13.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Chauncey O. Simpson Memorial Rest Area: 13.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
Lighthouses: 1
  • Bethel Bridge Lighthouse (replica): 19.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bull MountainNNW 341°85 m19.2 mi
Mauldin MountainNNW 337°80 m18.2 mi
Rhodes MountainN 350°80 m22.3 mi
Black HillNNW 347°77 m20.5 mi
Hog HillN 353°72 m24.2 mi
Bacon HillN 353°61 m24.9 mi
Daves HillNNW 333°19 m6.9 mi
Boothby HillNW 315°19 m23.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4019:16
June solstice05:3819:5420:34
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:2016:0216:44

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343644556473787669574738
Precip in3.32.94.33.73.94.44.33.64.93.73.23.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chestertown, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/314930088

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