Last Day Birding Hike at Janes Island State Park

Date, Time, Location:

Tuesday, December 31st | 10am

Janes Island State Park

26280 Alfred J. Lawson Dr. Crisfield, MD 21817

Meet at the Camper Check-In Parking Lot

Event Details:

Start 2025 off by trying out a new hobby: Birding. Join Janes Island State Park Rangers and volunteers for a flat, two mile hike that will teach you the basics of birding. This hike will take place at Irish Grove, an approximately 2,300 acre nature preserve on the Pocomoke Sound that is owned by the Maryland Ornithological Society. Hikers will meet in the Camper Check-In Parking Lot at Janes Island and then caravan to Irish Grove. (Approximately a 10-minute drive away.)

Parking at Janes Island and Irish Grove is free. There are bathrooms at Janes Island and pit toilets at Irish Grove. Leashed pets are welcome but it is not stroller/wheelchair accesible. Please bring water, binoculars if you have them and appropriate footwear.

For more information, contact the office at 410-968-1565 or the Duty Ranger at (443)614-2591. You can also visit https://dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/pages/firstdayhikes.aspx to see other available hikes and information.