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Detroit Harbor Nature Preserve

Detroit Harbor Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Detroit Harbor Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. 595 stands 181 m to the southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Detroit Harbor State Natural Area, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Door County Coastal Byway passes 4.7 miles off. 91 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Door County Land Trust

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates45.35114, -86.94088

91 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 34
Museums: 15
  • Washington Island Farm Museum: 3.1 mi
  • Thorstein Veblen Study Cabin: 3.9 mi
  • Jens Jacobson's Cabin: 3.9 mi
  • Jacobson's Museum: 3.9 mi
  • Door County Maritime Museum: 5.6 mi
Beaches: 7
Cliffs: 6
Historic sites: 3
Peaks: 3
  • 595: 20.0 mi
  • 591: 20.4 mi
  • 595: 20.6 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Island Clipper (aka Voight's Marine Service): 5.8 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • Pottawatomie Lighthouse: 7.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Peninsula Point Recreation Area: 22.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
595SW 232°181 m20.0 mi
595SW 230°181 m20.6 mi
591SW 231°180 m20.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2119:00
June solstice05:0019:5520:40
September equinox06:3518:0818:47
December solstice07:2515:1916:08

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F181928395060666659473626
Precip in1.61.11.72.93.03.12.83.03.23.62.31.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washington IS, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/6346545341

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