This 298-acre preserve contains outstanding Chesapeake Bay
beach, dune, and maritime forest communities, migratory songbird
habitat, and an exemplary population of northeastern beach tiger
beetles. There is a parking lot at the entrance to the preserve
and three marked hiking trails with interpretive signage. Savage
Neck Natural Area Preserve with its mile of Chesapeake Bay
shoreline is special for its unusual bay-side dunes and
associated plant communities, and because it supports one of the
most important conservation areas in the world for the federally
threatened northeastern beach tiger beetle (Cicindela dorsalis
dorsalis). The diverse maritime plant communities on the
preserve represent highly important habitats for migratory
birds. Visitors can take a 0.75-mile, marked trail through some
of the highest sand dunes on the Eastern Shore. In the fall, the
annual Eastern Shore Birding and Wildlife Festival provides a
wonderful opportunity for birdwatchers to visit Savage Neck
Dunes and see a variety of neo-