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Bush Declaration Natural Resources Management Area

Bush Declaration Natural Resources Management Area from directly overhead

Bush Declaration Natural Resources Management Area is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Ivy Hill stands 200 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Bush Declaration Natural Resource Management Area, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Horses and Hounds Scenic Byway passes 6.9 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.46983, -76.25662

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Parks
  • Belcamp Dog Park: 0.8 mi
  • Belcamp Park: 1.0 mi
  • Alice & William Longley Park: 1.0 mi
  • Abingdon Road Park: 1.5 mi
  • Otter Creek Roadside: 1.8 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Jen Alexander's Memorial Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Shade Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Grass Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Evergreen Garden: 6.5 mi
Museums
  • Aberdeen Historical Museum: 5.7 mi
  • Hays House: 6.5 mi
  • Jerusalem Mill Museum and Vistors Center: 7.2 mi
  • Havre de Grace Colored School Museum & Cultural Center: 10.0 mi
  • Havre de Grace Decoy Museum: 10.3 mi
Peaks: 43
Attractions: 36
  • Sandy Hook Speedway: 11.3 mi
  • Deer Creek Rapids @ Rocks (Class III): 14.1 mi
  • Double Rock Park: 15.9 mi
  • Willow Grove Barn: 15.9 mi
  • Spring House: 15.9 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Deer Creek Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
  • Rock Ridge Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
  • Wilson's Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
  • Hills Grove Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
  • F: 17.0 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • The Eye: 11.9 mi
  • White Banks: 14.0 mi
  • Green Quarry: 15.0 mi
  • Loch Raven Cliffs: 15.7 mi
  • Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 15.7 mi
Beaches: 7
Springs: 4
  • Marble Springs: 15.5 mi
  • Black Barren Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 22.9 mi
  • Crises Spring: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 2
Lighthouses: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bush Declaration Natural Resources Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy HillW 268°200 m22.3 mi
Oregon RidgeW 273°191 m22.9 mi
Abell RidgeW 259°155 m20.5 mi
Satyr HillWSW 254°151 m16.0 mi
Cherry HillW 273°149 m10.0 mi
Cub HillWSW 254°147 m14.7 mi
Luskins HillWSW 254°144 m17.3 mi
Mount FelixNE 44°142 m9.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4219:17
June solstice05:3919:5620:36
September equinox06:5318:2819:04
December solstice07:2316:0316:45

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333643546372777569574638
Precip in3.32.84.13.54.04.34.84.24.84.23.33.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Aberdeen Phillips FLD, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • mountain laurel57 obs
  • Green Frog30 obs
  • Green Cloverworm Moth23 obs
  • sassafras22 obs
  • American sweetgum21 obs
  • Cucumber Root20 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail20 obs
  • Bristly Cutworm Moth20 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358248211

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