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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 227 m. Dhuey Hill stands 277 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. Door County Coastal Byway passes 1.5 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Door County Land Trust

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates44.93812, -87.36857

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • George K. Pinney County Park: 2.9 mi
  • Burning Cow Music Festival: 3.6 mi
  • Wisconsin Motorcycle Memorial Park: 3.6 mi
  • Sevastopol Town Park: 5.1 mi
  • Murphy County Park: 5.6 mi
Museums: 21
Beaches: 12
Peaks: 9
  • Mount Lowe: 4.9 mi
  • 709: 5.8 mi
  • Old Baldy: 8.2 mi
  • 595: 16.1 mi
  • 591: 16.5 mi
Gardens: 3
  • The Garden Door: 4.4 mi
  • Demonstration Prairie: 23.7 mi
  • Hamony Demonstration Gardens: 23.7 mi
Cliffs: 3
Artworks: 2
Attractions: 1
  • Renard's Cheese & Deli: 13.2 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 211°277 m24.2 mi
Brussels HillSW 220°259 m16.9 mi
Mount LoweS 184°226 m4.9 mi
709SSW 210°216 m5.8 mi
Indian MoundNW 310°189 m18.5 mi
595NNE 18°181 m16.1 mi
595NNE 17°181 m17.0 mi
591NNE 17°180 m16.5 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, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/6346595862

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