New Jersey

Cape May Bird Observatory

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
(located in New Jersey and Pennsylvania)

Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge

Island Beach State Park

Sandy Hook Bird Observatory

State Resource Web Sites

New Jersey Audobon Society

New Jersey Department of Parks and Forests

New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife

Washington, DC

Dumbarton Oaks

Hillwood Museum & Gardens

Kenilworth National Acquatic Gardens

The National Arboretum

Rock Creek Park

US Botanic Garden - Oldest botanic garden in North America

Washington National Cathedral

State Resource Web Sites

National Capital Parks - Central

National Parks Listing for Washington, DC

Washington DC Department of Parks and Recreation

Pennsylvania

Longwood Gardens

Erie National Wildlife Refuge - Guy Mills, PA

John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum - Philadelphia, PA

PPL (PA Power & Light) sponsored parks along the lower Susquehanna
Particularly in the Holtwood area. Great for eagles, herons, cormorants, grebes, etc.

Spring Valley County Park, York County, PA
A quiet location that offers a variety of small stream-related wildlife and flora

State Resource Web Sites

Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Maryland

Interactive Map - Maryland Department of Natural Resources
This is an interactive map of all Maryland DNR managed sites

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge - Cambridge, MD
On the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay

Brookside Gardens - Wheaton, MD

Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge - Rockhall, MD on the Chesapeake Bay

Gunpowder Falls State Park - North Baltimore County, MD

Martin National Wildlife Refuge - Smith Island, Ewell, MD

Patuxent National Wildlife Refuge & Research Center - Laurel, MD

Eden Mill Nature Center - Harford County, MD
Good for kingfishers, butterflies, wildflowers etc.

Cromwell Valley Park - Baltimore County (near Towson), MD
Nice on weekdays for those in the Baltimore area who lack the time to visit places further away
Gets a good migration in the spring

State Resource Web Sites

Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Maryland State Parks, Forests, and Wildlife Mgmt Areas

Delaware

Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge - Smyrna, DE

Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge - Milton, DE
On the western shore of Delaware Bay

State Resource Web Wites

Delaware Nature Society

Virginia

Interactive Map - Virginia Birding and Wildlife Trail
This is an interactive map of all Virginia Birding and Wildlife Trail sites

Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge - Virginia Beach, VA

Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge - Chincoteague, VA

Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuges - Cape Charles, VA

Featherstone - Woodbridge, VA

Fisherman Island - Cape Charles, VA

Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge - Suffolk, VA
(Spans southeast Virginia and northeast North Carolina)

James River National Wildlife Refuge - Prince George, VA

Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge - Lorton, VA

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge - Woodbridge, VA

Plum Tree Island National Wildlife Refuge - Virginia Beach, VA

Presquile National Wildlife Refuge - Warsaw, VA

Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge - Warsaw, VA

Wallops Island National Wildlife Refuge - Chincoteague, VA
(Salt marsh and woodlands, located east of Wattsville in Accomack County)

State Resource Web Wites

Department of Conservation and Recreation

Online Information on Virginia's Natural Communities, Rare, Threatened & Endangered Animals and Plants

Regional Web Sites

Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network

Mid-Atlantic Lighthouses

National Resource Web Sites

Butterflies of North America - excellent reference site for butterfly identification

Great American Trails
(Contains information on birding and wildlife trails in Virginia and Maryland)

US Fish &Wildlife Refuges - NWR's Listed by State

US Fish & Wildlife Refuge - NWR Locator

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