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Dhu Varren Woods Nature Area

Dhu Varren Woods Nature Area from directly overhead

Dhu Varren Woods Nature Area is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 273 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Traver Creek Nature Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 30 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.31549, -83.72072
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Placid Way Park: 0.2 mi
  • Foxfire West Park: 0.3 mi
  • Foxfire East Park: 0.4 mi
  • Foxfire North Park: 0.4 mi
  • Tuebingen Parkway: 0.5 mi
Attractions
Artworks
Historic sites: 50
Gardens: 39
Picnic sites: 37
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 1.6 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 3.1 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
Museums: 33
Peaks: 20
  • Prospect Hill: 10.9 mi
  • Peach Mountain: 12.0 mi
  • Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 12.3 mi
  • Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South): 16.0 mi
  • Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North): 16.1 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 13.5 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 14.9 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 15.2 mi
  • Maple Beach: 15.7 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 19.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 3.1 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 12.2 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 14.3 mi
  • Howell Rest Area 812: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dhu Varren Woods Nature Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNW 344°405 m16.0 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NNW 344°399 m16.1 mi
Mount KanzerNNE 17°351 m22.0 mi
Mount OmichNNE 18°347 m22.8 mi
Cassidy KameW 278°344 m18.6 mi
Teeple HillNNE 21°336 m23.5 mi
Peak 1083NNE 21°330 m23.5 mi
Big KameWNW 282°328 m19.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1019:47
June solstice05:5920:3321:16
September equinox07:2318:5719:34
December solstice08:0116:2117:06

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242736485968727063513929
Precip in3.02.52.83.43.83.93.53.53.23.02.82.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ANN Arbor U OF Mich, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander202 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle182 obs
  • Green Frog135 obs
  • mayapple121 obs
  • common buckthorn117 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel114 obs
  • Painted Turtle113 obs
  • Mallard112 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/394510221

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