Nominated by locals

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

A hidden gem in Maryland

A four-mile Wildlife Drive winds through tidal marsh holding one of the East Coast's densest concentrations of nesting bald eagles, in a place locals call the Everglades of the North.

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