Dore Woods Natural Area
Dore Woods Natural Area is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 246 m. Mount Horace Greeley stands 470 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Conglomerate Falls Natural Area, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Copper Country Trail passes 3.3 miles off. 166 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- North Woods Conservancy
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the Copper Country Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Keweenaw Waterway Lookout · 16 mi
- Brockway Nose · 27 mi
166 named places within 25 miles
- Veterans Park: 3.3 mi
- Gabriel J Chopp Park: 3.3 mi
- Mohawk Park and Playground: 4.0 mi
- W. C. Veale Park: 5.9 mi
- Snow Gauge Roadside Park: 6.2 mi
- Ruth Ann Miller Memorial: 5.5 mi
- Italian Hall Memorial Park: 6.3 mi
- Alexander Agassiz Memorial: 6.7 mi
- Float Copper: 6.7 mi
- Douglas Houghton Michigan's First State Geologist: 8.0 mi
- Upper Peninsula Firefighters Museum: 6.3 mi
- Paige Wiard: 6.5 mi
- Calumet Union Building: 6.6 mi
- Coppertown USA Mining Museum: 6.6 mi
- Eagle River Museum: 8.2 mi
- Conglomerate Falls Natural Area: 0.8 mi
- Merganser Pond Natural Area: 3.6 mi
- Houghton Douglass Falls Scenic Site: 9.1 mi
- Lily Creek: 11.3 mi
- Hungarian Falls Nature Area: 11.4 mi
- Prospector's Paradise - Rock Shop: 4.0 mi
- WPA Stone Boat: 4.8 mi
- Keweenaw Snow Gauge: 6.2 mi
- Old Homestead: 7.4 mi
- Cathedral Pines: 7.6 mi
- Ten Foot Falls: 8.0 mi
- Eagle River Falls: 8.1 mi
- Houghton-Douglass Falls: 9.1 mi
- Jacobs Falls: 11.0 mi
- Upper Hungarian Falls: 11.4 mi
- Mount Horace Greeley: 12.4 mi
- Arcadian Hill: 13.9 mi
- Rubber Mountain: 15.5 mi
- Gratiot Mountain: 15.6 mi
- Mount Lookout: 17.2 mi
- Calumet Waterworks Beach: 6.4 mi
- Eagle River Beach: 8.3 mi
- Breakers Beach: 12.3 mi
- Great Sand Bay Conservation and Recreation Area: 12.5 mi
- Stamp Sand: 19.4 mi
- Cliff: 6.2 mi
- Clifton: 6.6 mi
- Gregoryville: 10.7 mi
- Mandan: 20.4 mi
- The Miner: 16.2 mi
- Aurora Borealis Mural: 16.3 mi
- The Love Wall: 16.3 mi
- Louis Hill: 7.8 mi
- West Bluff: 24.4 mi
- Wadsworth Garden: 16.2 mi
- Pewabic Street Community Garden: 16.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dore Woods Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Horace Greeley | E 80° | 470 m | 12.4 mi |
| Tolonen Hill | SSW 211° | 455 m | 24.3 mi |
| Gratiot Mountain | ENE 78° | 453 m | 15.6 mi |
| Mount Houghton | ENE 78° | 447 m | 23.4 mi |
| Mount Bohemia | E 79° | 438 m | 19.9 mi |
| South Range | SSW 211° | 433 m | 23.4 mi |
| Brockway Mountain | ENE 68° | 403 m | 23.3 mi |
| Mount Lookout | ENE 64° | 402 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:58 | 19:26 | 20:06 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 21:07 | 21:55 |
| September equinox | 07:41 | 19:13 | 19:53 |
| December solstice | 08:39 | 16:14 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 16 | 17 | 25 | 37 | 50 | 60 | 65 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 22 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hancock Houghton CO AP, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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