Vaughn Wildlife Management Area
Vaughn Wildlife Management Area is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Backbone Hill stands 12 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Girdletree Park, a park 1.4 miles away. Blue Crab Scenic Byway passes 0.7 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Blue Crab Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Selfie Point · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Girdletree Park: 1.4 mi
- Stockton Park: 2.1 mi
- Chandler State Game Refuge: 3.9 mi
- John Walter Smith Memorial Park: 6.6 mi
- Byrd Park: 6.8 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 1.7 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 2.3 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 2.5 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 2.6 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 3.0 mi
- Julia A Purnell Museum: 6.9 mi
- Costen House Museum: 9.8 mi
- Delmarva Discovery Center & Museum: 9.9 mi
- Museum of Chincoteague Island: 10.8 mi
- Boathouse: 15.1 mi
- Chincoteague Island Waterman's Memorial: 12.2 mi
- SS Marine Electric: 12.2 mi
- Crossing the Bar: 12.2 mi
- Makemie Monument: 16.7 mi
- Section 2: 17.4 mi
- Bow Beach: 9.8 mi
- Great Egging Beach: 14.2 mi
- Little Egging Beach: 14.8 mi
- Wallops Beach: 16.0 mi
- Sound Shore: 18.7 mi
- Lockheed T-33: 8.8 mi
- Herbert H. Bateman Educational and Administrative Center: 11.7 mi
- Berlin Commercial Historic District: 19.5 mi
- Freak Out: 23.8 mi
- Speedway: 23.8 mi
- Corner Sanctuary: 9.9 mi
- Olive Marie Lippoldt Garden: 9.9 mi
- Food Garden: 19.4 mi
- Camden Community Garden: 22.9 mi
- Remembrance Garden: 24.1 mi
- Horse: 10.3 mi
- Shark: 19.9 mi
- Sammy the Seagull: 22.0 mi
- Old Starting Gate: 22.7 mi
- Tractor: 23.5 mi
- Cherrytree Hill: 7.8 mi
- Backbone Hill: 18.1 mi
- Dunker Hill: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Vaughn Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backbone Hill | NW 315° | 12 m | 18.1 mi |
| Dunker Hill | WNW 302° | 3 m | 24.6 mi |
| Cherrytree Hill | SE 142° | 1 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:49 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:26 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 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 | 39 | 41 | 46 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 77 | 77 | 72 | 63 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Assateague, 10 mi away.
- sallow sedge16 obs
- bladder sedge12 obs
- Helmet skullcap11 obs
- Yorkshire fog10 obs
- lyreleaf sage10 obs
- Cedar-apple rust10 obs
- common yarrow8 obs
- Seaside Dragonlet8 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/358241036
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