Bengel Wildlife Center
Bengel Wildlife Center is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 259 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the south, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Jack Wiswasser Memorial Park, a park 0.5 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 119 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 259 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Michigan Wildlife Habitat Foundation
How to reach it
- 119.1 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Deck · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jack Wiswasser Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
- Rickard Boat Launch: 0.5 mi
- Park Lake Beach: 0.5 mi
- The Bath Charter Township Soccer Park: 1.1 mi
- Fletcher-Robson Nature Park: 1.1 mi
- Anima Librata: 5.0 mi
- Cassiopeia: 5.1 mi
- Twyla: 5.1 mi
- Bird: 5.2 mi
- Spartan Statue: 5.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Zolton Ferency Memorial Rock: 5.0 mi
- Women's Building Justin Morrill Hall: 5.2 mi
- The Nation's Pioneer Land-Grant University: 5.2 mi
- Saints' Rest: 5.3 mi
- Towner Wetland Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Forest Grove Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Towar Woods Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Azaadiikaa Park: 3.6 mi
- Ashton Lakes Park: 3.8 mi
- Towar Community Garden: 3.1 mi
- Lake O' The Hills Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- Slater Commuity Garden: 5.3 mi
- Lilac Community Garden: 6.3 mi
- Foster Garden: 6.5 mi
- Bath School Museum: 1.4 mi
- Meridian Historical Village: 4.9 mi
- Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum: 5.1 mi
- Michigan Women's Historical Center & Hall of Fame: 5.2 mi
- Michigan State University Museum: 5.3 mi
- John W. Beaumont Memorial Tower: 5.3 mi
- The Rock: 5.4 mi
- Michigan Millers Fire Engine: 5.7 mi
- Old Town: 6.8 mi
- White Capitol House: 7.6 mi
- Woodbury Rest Area 830: 6.6 mi
- DeWitt Rest Area 831: 8.1 mi
- Okemos Rest Area 811: 8.6 mi
- Holt Rest Area 810: 9.7 mi
- Holt Rest Area 810: 9.7 mi
- Covered Picnic Table - Eagle Scout Project: 3.8 mi
- Spartan Village Picnic Shelter: 6.6 mi
- Picnic Area 6: 9.6 mi
- Picnic Area 5: 9.6 mi
- Picnic Area 3: 9.7 mi
- Bitcoin Beach North: 9.5 mi
- Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 10.0 mi
- Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 10.1 mi
- Clinton Lakes Dog Beach: 19.2 mi
- Mount Nethaway: 14.9 mi
- Hog Island: 16.4 mi
- Bradshaw Hill: 17.9 mi
- Teaspoon Hill: 22.1 mi
- Grand Ledge cliff: 16.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bengel Wildlife Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teaspoon Hill | S 181° | 320 m | 22.1 mi |
| Mount Nethaway | ENE 64° | 267 m | 14.9 mi |
| Hog Island | ENE 73° | 259 m | 16.4 mi |
| Bradshaw Hill | N 5° | 238 m | 17.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:13 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:37 | 21:20 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:00 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 08:06 | 16:21 | 17:07 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lansing Capital City AP, 9 mi away.
- garlic mustard37 obs
- common buckthorn30 obs
- common motherwort23 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage17 obs
- multiflora rose16 obs
- Sandhill Crane16 obs
- Monarch14 obs
- round-leaved sundew14 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1083891596
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