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Coon Hollow Preserve

Coon Hollow Preserve from directly overhead

Coon Hollow Preserve is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 256 m. Bald Hill stands 334 m to the west, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Meyer Broadway Park, a park 0.5 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 23 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy
Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.94295, -85.68298

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Meyer Broadway Park: 0.5 mi
  • Pleasant Lake Boating Access Site: 1.6 mi
  • H. C. Gleason & L. C. Beal Park: 2.1 mi
  • Clear Lake Boating Access Site: 2.1 mi
  • Memory Isle Park: 2.4 mi
Museums: 23
Historic sites: 13
  • Wahbememe Historical Monument: 10.1 mi
  • Dr. Nathan Thomas House: 12.3 mi
  • Sinclair Service Station: 17.1 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 18.7 mi
  • Time Capsule 2027: 22.8 mi
Artworks: 12
Gardens: 9
Attractions: 6
Peaks: 5
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area Trucks Only: 13.5 mi
  • Builders Association-Elkhart,: 24.8 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Pleasant Lake East Beach: 22.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillW 274°334 m7.3 mi
Mount MiseryW 279°317 m4.8 mi
Colon MountainE 90°287 m16.0 mi
Mt. PumpkinSSW 193°287 m23.1 mi
Prospect HillNNW 329°244 m20.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:1819:55
June solstice06:0820:4021:22
September equinox07:3119:0519:42
December solstice08:0816:3017:15

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475968717063513929
Precip in2.82.12.33.44.44.14.03.93.63.73.02.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Three Rivers, 3 mi away.

  • Mute Swan4 obs
  • American Toad4 obs
  • Great Blue Heron3 obs
  • Common Snapping Turtle3 obs
  • Green Frog3 obs
  • Northern Cardinal2 obs
  • Painted Turtle2 obs
  • dame's rocket2 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/1093168124

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