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Talbot County features over 600 miles of coastline, innumerable inlets and coves, and a great many opportunities for the
public to get on the water. Natural resources abound throughout the county, including:
- Black Walnut Point Natural Resource Management Area is located at the southern tip of Tilghman Island.
- The Jean duPont Shehan Audubon Sanctuary, has been recently created and is not yet open to the public. As a
sanctuary owned by the National Audubon Society, this area will be used to study and protect the wildfowl of the Upper Eastern Shore.
- Pickering Creek Environmental Center is a privately-owned area of important natural resources owned by the
Chesapeake Audubon Society, a local chapter of the National Audubon Society. The center hosts the public for environmental education programs.
- Seth Demonstration Forest is a state forest created to explore forest management techniques and provide
recreational opportunities. The forest is located southeast of Easton.
- Wye Oak State Park is the area surrounding and including the Wye Oak, a 400-year-old white oak and the
largest of its species on the East Coast. The white oak is also the state tree of Maryland.
Other areas of regional or local importance:
- Hog Neck Park
- Wye Landing
- Claiborne Landing
- Tilghman Creek Landing
- New Bridge Landing
- Tunis Mills
- Bay Shore Landing
- Muskrat Park
- Wittman Landing
- West Harbor Road
- Lowes Wharf
- Easton Point Landing
- Grace Creek, Oak Creek Landing
- Tilghman Park
- Neavitt Landing
- Dogwood Harbor
- Bellevue Park
- Windy Hill Landing
- Black Walnut Cove - Fairbanks Pier
- Black Walnut Point Bulkhead.
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