Pusey State Game Refuge
Pusey State Game Refuge is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. Backbone Hill stands 12 m to the northwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Chesapeake Forest, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Blue Crab Scenic Byway passes 6.6 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 10 m
How to reach it
- 6.6 mi off the Blue Crab Scenic Byway
- 29.5 mi off the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Selfie Point · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chesapeake Forest: 0.8 mi
- Chesapeake Forest - Whitesburg Complex: 1.0 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 1.6 mi
- Chesapeake Forest - Bethards Complex: 1.9 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 2.3 mi
- Milburn Landing State Park: 4.9 mi
- Wellington Wildlife Management Area: 5.9 mi
- Byrd Park: 7.0 mi
- Sturgis Park: 7.2 mi
- Johnson Wildlife Management Area: 7.4 mi
- Julia A Purnell Museum: 7.2 mi
- Delmarva Discovery Center & Museum: 8.8 mi
- Costen House Museum: 8.9 mi
- Teackle Mansion: 9.3 mi
- Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art: 10.8 mi
- Section 2: 6.8 mi
- Makemie Monument: 19.3 mi
- Bethel Church: 19.8 mi
- Chincoteague Island Waterman's Memorial: 21.6 mi
- SS Marine Electric: 21.6 mi
- Mount Vernon Beach: 17.2 mi
- Sound Shore: 18.4 mi
- Great Egging Beach: 18.8 mi
- Little Egging Beach: 19.4 mi
- Langford Sand: 20.5 mi
- Olive Marie Lippoldt Garden: 8.8 mi
- Corner Sanctuary: 8.9 mi
- Camden Community Garden: 12.0 mi
- Food Garden: 18.9 mi
- Remembrance Garden: 23.2 mi
- Sammy the Seagull: 11.0 mi
- Horse: 20.2 mi
- Shark: 21.9 mi
- Old Starting Gate: 22.6 mi
- Tractor: 24.5 mi
- Backbone Hill: 6.8 mi
- Dunker Hill: 14.1 mi
- Cherrytree Hill: 19.1 mi
- Ryles Hill: 21.0 mi
- Lockheed T-33: 9.2 mi
- Naylor Mill Forest Trail: 15.2 mi
- Berlin Commercial Historic District: 18.8 mi
- Herbert H. Bateman Educational and Administrative Center: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pusey State Game Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backbone Hill | NW 309° | 12 m | 6.8 mi |
| Ryles Hill | WNW 294° | 4 m | 21.0 mi |
| Dunker Hill | WNW 289° | 3 m | 14.1 mi |
| Cherrytree Hill | SE 140° | 1 m | 19.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:50 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:05 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 72 | 61 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Snow Hill 4 N, 8 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle5 obs
- Eastern Teaberry5 obs
- pink lady's slipper4 obs
- Eastern Tailed-Blue4 obs
- Shepherd's Cress4 obs
- striped wintergreen4 obs
- Festive Tiger Beetle4 obs
- Painted Skimmer4 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 node/358246437
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