Tar Island

Tar Island: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this sanctuary: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Tar Island

Season: November to March for sightings; sanctuaries may close in peak monsoon.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Tar Island — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 38.72202, -76.33729. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Tar Island

• Sharps Island Light · fort · Talbot · ~12 km · Must-see
• Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum · museum · Talbot · ~16 km · Must-see
• 1879 Hooper Straight Lighthouse · beach · Talbot · ~16 km · Must-see
• Bloody Point Light · beach · Queen Anne's · ~17 km · Must-see
• Eastern Bay · lake · Talbot · ~17 km · Must-see
• St. John's Chapel of St. Michael's Parish · church · Talbot · ~25 km · Must-see
• Wye House · fort · Talbot · ~26 km · Must-see
• Captain Salem Avery House Museum · museum · Anne Arundel · ~26 km · Must-see
• Thomas Point Shoal Light · fort · Anne Arundel · ~27 km · Must-see
• Chesapeake Bay · beach · Dorchester · ~29 km · Must-see
• Third Haven Friends Meeting House · church · Talbot · ~29 km · Must-see
• Wye Island · river spot · Queen Anne's · ~31 km · Must-see
• Seth Demonstration Forest · sanctuary · Talbot · ~33 km · Must-see
• Smithsonian Environmental Research Center · sanctuary · Anne Arundel · ~33 km · Must-see
• Quiet Waters Park · park · Anne Arundel · ~35 km · Must-see
• Christ Episcopal Church · church · Dorchester · ~35 km · Must-see
• Christ Episcopal Church · church · Queen Anne's · ~36 km · Must-see
• Carr's Beach · beach · Anne Arundel · ~36 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Tar Island

Other wildlife, forests & gardens near Tar Island

• Seth Demonstration Forest · sanctuary · Talbot · ~33 km · Must-see
• Smithsonian Environmental Research Center · sanctuary · Anne Arundel · ~33 km · Must-see
• Merkle Natural Resources Management Area and Visitor Center · sanctuary · Prince George's · ~40 km · Must-see
• Flag Ponds Nature Park · sanctuary · Calvert · ~40 km · Must-see
• Bowen Wildlife Management Area · sanctuary · Prince George's · ~40 km · Must-see
• Jug Bay Natural Area · sanctuary · Prince George's · ~41 km · Must-see
• Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Talbot · ~42 km · Must-see
• Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Nature Sanctuary · sanctuary · Calvert · ~42 km · Must-see
• Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park · sanctuary · Dorchester · ~42 km · Must-see
• Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Kent · ~45 km · Must-see

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