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Elk Neck State Forest is part of the Northeastern coastal forests ecoregion. [1] It contains wooded flatland, rolling hills, and marshlands. Plum Creek and Plum Creek Pond form an important water-feature in the south-central area. The primary, wide, gravel roads within the state forest—labeled as Trails 1, 2, and 3 -- allow limited vehicle ...
Elk Neck State Park is a public recreation area located between Chesapeake Bay and the Elk River near the southern tip of the Elk Neck Peninsula in Cecil County, Maryland. The state park is home to the historic Turkey Point Light and offers land-based and water-based recreation. [4] The park is located on MD 272, eight miles (13 km) south of ...
The elk ( pl.: elk or elks; Cervus canadensis ), or wapiti, is the second largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in its native range of North America and Central and East Asia. The word "elk" originally referred to the European variety of the moose, Alces alces, but was transferred to Cervus ...
Elk Neck State Park, on a peninsula bounded by Chesapeake Bay and the Elk River, features marshlands, forest, white clay cliffs, and beaches. Visitors rave about the various outdoorsy options ...
Elk. Kiehne said elk have been running rampant on his and his fathers' property near the Gila National Forest in the ... Kalvin "Zeno" Kiehne's great-grandfather started in the 1880s.
Elk Neck Peninsula (center) in 2020. Facing south toward the confluence of Elk and Bohemia Rivers, from Elk Neck Peninsula, c. 1898. Elk Neck Peninsula is in Cecil County, Maryland, between the towns of Elkton and North East, Maryland. Native American and colonial travelers often canoed or sailed up the Chesapeake Bay to Elkton, where the Elk ...
Wildlife officials in Colorado say an elusive elk that has been wandering the hills with a car tire around its neck for at least two years has finally been freed of the obstruction.
December 2, 2002. The Turkey Point Light is a historic lighthouse at the head of the Chesapeake Bay. Although only a 35-foot (11 m) tower, the 100-foot (30 m) height of the bluffs on which it stands makes it the third highest light off the water in the bay. [2] [3] [4] It is also known for the large number of women who served as lightkeeper. [2]