Blades Public Park
Blades Public Park is a park in Delaware, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Opossum Hill stands 18 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Blades Triangle Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Blue Crab Scenic Byway passes 8.5 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Grassy area, playground area, Covered pavilion. Non-working public bathroom.
How to reach it
- 8.5 mi off the Blue Crab Scenic Byway
- 15.9 mi off the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Eagle Nesting Site · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Blades Triangle Park: 0.2 mi
- Riverview Park: 0.6 mi
- Seaford Municipal Park: 0.6 mi
- Seaford Gateway Park: 0.7 mi
- Williams Pond Park: 1.3 mi
- Barnes Woods Nature Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Redden State Forest - Townsend Tract: 6.0 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 6.6 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 7.5 mi
- Nanticoke Corridor Heritage Conservation Fund Site: 7.9 mi
- Seaford Museum: 0.6 mi
- Ross Mansion: 1.8 mi
- Bethel Heritage Museum: 4.3 mi
- Bridgeville Historical Society Museum: 7.6 mi
- Georgetown Fire Co. Historical Museum: 12.6 mi
- Skip Gardner: 3.1 mi
- Civil War Monument: 12.6 mi
- Bethel Church: 18.4 mi
- William Still Center Families Divided & United Marker: 18.5 mi
- John Milton Statue: 18.7 mi
- North Laurel: 5.0 mi
- Saint Johnstown: 12.0 mi
- Owens Station: 12.7 mi
- Banning: 13.0 mi
- New Market: 16.5 mi
- Opossum Hill: 15.1 mi
- Delia Hill: 21.5 mi
- Sand Hill: 24.0 mi
- Camden Community Garden: 18.8 mi
- Delaware Botanic Gardens at Pepper Creek: 21.3 mi
- Senior Center Meditation Garden: 21.7 mi
- Mary: 19.8 mi
- Sammy the Seagull: 19.9 mi
- Back Bay Art Glass LLC: 21.9 mi
- Cedar Grove Beach: 21.2 mi
- Sandy Hill Beach: 23.4 mi
- Bayside Beach: 24.5 mi
- Naylor Mill Forest Trail: 15.2 mi
- Pungy Shipwreck: 20.1 mi
- B Area Shelter: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blades Public Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opossum Hill | NW 315° | 18 m | 15.1 mi |
| Sand Hill | WSW 241° | 4 m | 24.0 mi |
| Delia Hill | SW 230° | 3 m | 21.5 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 | 19:51 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 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, 13 mi away.
- Asian Lady Beetle12 obs
- Fowler's Toad11 obs
- American Robin8 obs
- Western Honey Bee7 obs
- American pokeweed7 obs
- Northern Mockingbird6 obs
- American Lady6 obs
- American beech6 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/484227676
Day trips start here
- Eastern Shore · 20 mi
- Denton · 21 mi
- Cambridge · 26 mi
- Easton · 27 mi
- Rehoboth Beach · 29 mi
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