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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 ...
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 ...
Road walking, mosquitoes, ticks. The Mason-Dixon Trail is a 193-mile (311 km) hiking trail that begins at the Appalachian Trail in south-central Pennsylvania, continues through northeastern Maryland and northern Delaware, and re-enters Pennsylvania shortly before ending at Chadds Ford. It is named for the historic Mason–Dixon line, which it ...
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 ...
Habitat loss. 40.8% [1] Protected. 6.2% [1] The Northeastern coastal forests are a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion of the northeast and middle Atlantic region of the United States. The ecoregion covers an area of 34,630 sq miles (89,691 km 2) encompassing the Piedmont and coastal plain of seven states, extending from coastal ...
Elk Neck State Park: Cecil: 2,369 acres 959 ha 1936: Chesapeake Bay: Home of Turkey Point Light; beach, picnicking, seasonal convenience store, camping, cabins, nature center, trails for hiking and biking, hunting, various water sports: Fort Frederick State Park: Washington: 722 acres 292 ha 1922: Potomac River, Big Pool Lake
Elk State Forest. / 41.33333°N 78.29139°W / 41.33333; -78.29139. Elk State Forest is a Pennsylvania State Forest in Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry District #13. The main offices are located in Emporium in Cameron County, Pennsylvania. The forest is located on 200,000 acres (80,940 ha), chiefly in Cameron and Elk counties, with small ...