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Bay Shore Blufflands Nature Preserve

Bay Shore Blufflands Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Bay Shore Blufflands Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 191 m. Dhuey Hill stands 277 m to the south-southwest, 25 miles off. Door County Coastal Byway passes 1.7 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Door County Land Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates44.94483, -87.37198

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • George K. Pinney County Park: 3.2 mi
  • Burning Cow Music Festival: 4.1 mi
  • Wisconsin Motorcycle Memorial Park: 4.1 mi
  • Murphy County Park: 5.2 mi
  • Sevastopol Town Park: 5.5 mi
Museums: 21
Beaches: 12
Peaks: 9
  • Mount Lowe: 5.3 mi
  • 709: 6.2 mi
  • Old Baldy: 8.5 mi
  • 595: 15.7 mi
  • 591: 16.1 mi
Gardens: 3
  • The Garden Door: 4.9 mi
  • Demonstration Prairie: 23.3 mi
  • Hamony Demonstration Gardens: 23.4 mi
Cliffs: 3
Artworks: 2
Attractions: 1
  • Renard's Cheese & Deli: 13.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bay Shore Blufflands Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dhuey HillSSW 210°277 m24.6 mi
Brussels HillSW 219°259 m17.1 mi
Mount LoweS 182°226 m5.3 mi
709SSW 206°216 m6.2 mi
Indian MoundNW 309°189 m18.1 mi
595NNE 20°181 m15.7 mi
595NNE 18°181 m16.6 mi
591NNE 18°180 m16.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2319:02
June solstice05:0419:5520:40
September equinox06:3718:1018:49
December solstice07:2515:2316:11

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182030415363686860483625
Precip in1.71.31.93.13.34.13.63.33.13.22.22.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sturgeon BAY EXP Farm, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1479908331

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