Garden · Michigan
The Butterfly Garden
The Butterfly Garden is a garden in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 184 m. The nearest named place is Port Austin Tower Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. 75 named places lie within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates44.04317, -82.99266
75 named places within 25 miles
Parks: 39
- Port Austin Tower Park: 0.0 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Bird Creek Park: 0.3 mi
- Gallup Park: 0.5 mi
- Jenks Roadside Park: 2.8 mi
Museums: 12
- Pointe Aux Barques Lifesaving Station: 10.0 mi
- Pointe Aux Barques Lighthouse Museum: 10.0 mi
- Caseville Hisrtorical Society Museum: 15.6 mi
- Bad Axe Historical Museum: 16.5 mi
- Elkton Heritage Center Museum: 17.9 mi
Nature reserves: 8
- Port Austin Conservation Club: 1.2 mi
- Huron County Nature Center: 7.0 mi
- Rush Lake State Game Area: 10.8 mi
- Kernan Memorial Nature Sanctuary: 12.6 mi
- Thelma Sonnenberg Memorial Plant Preserve: 13.0 mi
Attractions: 7
- Turnip Rock: 2.4 mi
- Boardwalk: 6.8 mi
- Boardwalk: 6.8 mi
- Boardwalk: 6.9 mi
- Boardwalk: 7.1 mi
Beaches: 3
- Port Crescent Beach: 5.0 mi
- Rubicon Beach: 16.6 mi
- Bathing Beach Park: 22.2 mi
Historic sites: 2
- Memorial Rose Garden: 16.8 mi
- Vicki Keith: 22.1 mi
Gardens: 2
- Scheurer Roots: 20.2 mi
- Rose Garden: 20.2 mi
Lighthouses: 1
- Port Austin Reef Light: 2.7 mi
Artworks: 1
- Forever Soaring: 23.1 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:06 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:35 | 21:19 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 08:04 | 16:10 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 23 | 31 | 42 | 54 | 64 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Port Austin Wwtp, 1 mi away.
- Canada Goose11 obs
- Biting Stonecrop8 obs
- Red-breasted Merganser7 obs
- Double-crested Cormorant5 obs
- Mute Swan4 obs
- Long-tailed Duck4 obs
- Muskrat4 obs
- common milkweed4 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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