Isle of Wight Wildlife Management Area

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Isle of Wight Wildlife Management Area, Maryland, USA
Location	Worcester County, Maryland, USA
Nearest city	Ocean City, Maryland
Area	200 acres
Governing body	Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Isle of Wight Wildlife Management Area is a state wildlife management area (WMA) of Maryland located on the Isle of Wight, a small peninsula between the St. Martin's River and Isle of Wight Bay in Worcester County. Although called Isle of Wight, a small strip of marsh and road connects it with the mainland.

The WMA is bisected by Maryland Route 90, one of the two principal highway routes into Ocean City. Despite this, the WMA attracts many birds, especially those dependent upon tidal marshes and bays, including great blue herons and green herons, black ducks, buffleheads, scaup, brant, Canada and snow geese, the common loon, and swans.

Although hunting in season is permitted in the WMA, the area south of Route 90 is closed to hunting and is managed as a day use recreation area by Worcester County.

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Isle of Wight Wildlife Management Area

v • d • e Protected Areas of Maryland

National Park Service	Antietam National Battlefield • Appalachian Trail • Assateague Island National Seashore • Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail • Catoctin Mountain Park • Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park • Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network • Clara Barton National Historic Site • Fort Foote Park • Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine • Fort Washington Park • Glen Echo Park • Greenbelt Park • Hampton National Historic Site • Harmony Hall • Monocacy National Battlefield • Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Farm • Piscataway Park • Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail Thomas Stone National Historic Site

National Forests	none

State Parks	Assateague • Big Run • Calvert Cliffs • Casselman River Bridge • Chapel Point • Cunningham Falls • Dans Mountain • Deep Creek Lake • Elk Neck • Fort Frederick • Fort Tonoloway • Gambrill • Gathland • Greenbrier • Greenwell • Gunpowder Falls • Hart-Miller Island • Herrington Manor • Janes Island • Jonas Green • Martinak • Matapeake • New Germany • North Point • Palmer • Patapsco Valley • Patuxent River • Pocomoke River • Point Lookout • Purse • Rocks • Rocky Gap • Rosaryville • Sandy Point • Seneca Creek • Smallwood • South Mountain • St. Clement's Island • St. Mary's River • Susquehanna • Swallow Falls • Tuckahoe • Washington Monument • Wills Mountain • Wye Oak

State Forests	Cedarville • Doncaster • Elk Neck • Garrett • Green Ridge • Mount Nebo • Pocomoke River • Potomac-Garrett • Savage River • Seth • Stony • Swallow Falls • Wicomico

Wildlife Management Areas	Belle Grove • Billmeyer • Bowen • Cedar Island • Cheltenham • Chicamuxen • Dan's Mountain • Deal Island • Diersson • E.A. Vaughn • Earlville • Ellis Bay • Fairmount • Fishing Bay • Gwynnbrook • Heater's Island • Hugg-Thomas • Idylwild • Indian Springs • Isle of Wight • Johnson • Le Compte • Linkwood • McKee-Beshers • Maryland Marine Properties • Millington • Mt. Nebo • Myrtle Grove • Nanticoke River • Pocomoke River • Pocomoke Sound • Sideling Hill • Sinepuxent Bay • South Marsh • Strider • Taylors Island • Warrior Mountain • Wellington •

Other	Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Sanctuary • Choptank River Fishing Pier • Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary • Morgan Run Natural Environment Area • Soldier's Delight Natural Environment Area • Somers Cove Marina • Western Maryland Rail Trail • Youghiogheny Scenic & Wild River

Maryland Department of Natural Resources (web): Maryland Park Service (web) and Maryland Forest Service