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East Nature Study Trails

East Nature Study Trails from directly overhead

East Nature Study Trails is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 196 m. Carlisle Hill stands 280 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is West Nature Study Trails, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 11 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
New Buffalo Area Schools

How to reach it

Coordinates41.78153, -86.75310

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Peaks: 38
Attractions: 33
Historic sites: 27
  • Warren Nelson Plaque: 8.4 mi
  • Rotary Centennial Monument: 8.5 mi
  • Civil War Monument: 8.6 mi
  • Greenwood Memorial Chapel: 8.6 mi
  • Rawson Memorial Stone Plaque: 8.7 mi
Beaches: 20
  • New Buffalo Public Beach: 1.4 mi
  • Stop 7 Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Stop 2 Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Washington Park Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Crescent Dune Beach: 9.9 mi
Museums: 17
Gardens: 16
Artworks: 9
  • Duet: 8.4 mi
  • La Porte History Mural: 11.9 mi
  • Potawatomi Warrior: 11.9 mi
  • The Globe: 23.7 mi
  • Legacy of Leadership Sculpture: 23.8 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Michigan Welcome Center 707: 1.2 mi
  • Indiana Welcome Center: 3.8 mi
  • Rest Area Trucks Only: 16.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • 1 Foot Falls: 15.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carlisle HillESE 120°280.4 m15.5 mi
Mount EdwardNE 40°242 m13.7 mi
Mount RandallNE 43°235 m12.1 mi
Tower HillNE 43°233 m11.6 mi
Pikes PeakNE 42°229 m11.5 mi
Mount FullerNE 42°227 m11.3 mi
Great Warren DuneNE 42°225 m13.0 mi
Mount HoldenWSW 242°194 m17.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5119:2319:59
June solstice06:1320:4421:26
September equinox07:3519:0919:46
December solstice08:1216:3517:20

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242837496069737265534030
Precip in3.02.52.73.84.34.44.04.23.44.13.22.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laporte, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1449699200

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