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Avon Nature Study Area

Avon Nature Study Area from directly overhead

Avon Nature Study Area is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 235 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the west-northwest, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial Pointe, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 6.8 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
235 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.66314, -83.15653
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Pointe: 0.3 mi
  • Deer Park: 0.5 mi
  • University Hills: 0.7 mi
  • University Hills: 0.9 mi
  • Watertown Park: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves
  • Rivercrest Green Space Property: 0.3 mi
  • Cloverport Green Space Property: 1.0 mi
  • Childress Green Space Property: 1.2 mi
  • Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve: 2.1 mi
  • Ruby Green Space Property: 2.4 mi
Attractions
  • Big Idea Chair: 1.7 mi
  • Waterfall Pointe: 1.7 mi
  • Step Pools: 1.7 mi
  • Adams Road Mastodon: 2.8 mi
  • Pines Jump Line: 3.9 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums: 57
Peaks: 23
Beaches: 23
  • Secret Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Baypoint Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 10.9 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Southdale Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
  • Rose Sortor Gazebo: 10.1 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 12.8 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 12.8 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 12.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 17.6 mi
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 22.8 mi
  • Five Lakes Rest Area 629: 23.9 mi
  • Capac Rest Area 913: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Avon Nature Study Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillWNW 302°388 m5.4 mi
Mount ChristieNNW 331°387 m17.5 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 347°375 m10.7 mi
Pine KnobWNW 297°367 m12.1 mi
Kerr HillNW 324°367 m20.0 mi
Enders HillNW 305°366 m20.5 mi
Bald MountainNW 310°351 m4.9 mi
Mount KanzerW 263°351 m22.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3221:15
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1717:03

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475968737164514030
Precip in2.21.92.22.93.83.33.13.22.92.93.12.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pontiac Wwtp, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard79 obs
  • White-tailed Deer64 obs
  • dame's rocket37 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade35 obs
  • Green Frog35 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird31 obs
  • American Toad31 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle31 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/679162827

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