Eliason Nature Reserve
Eliason Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 265 m. Bald Hill stands 334 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Schrier Park, a park 0.6 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Portage Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Schrier Park: 0.6 mi
- South Westnedge Park: 1.3 mi
- West Lake Nature Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Prairie View County Park: 1.9 mi
- Lakeview Park: 2.4 mi
- Celery Flats Interpretive Center: 3.0 mi
- Year Round Golf: 3.1 mi
- Leo J. Burch Park: 4.0 mi
- South Street: 8.3 mi
- Kalamazoo Mall: 8.3 mi
- Bishop's Bog Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Justin's Marsh: 1.4 mi
- Brewer Woods Nature Sanctuary: 7.4 mi
- Spring Creek State Game Area: 7.6 mi
- Flowerfield Creek Nature Sanctuary: 7.9 mi
- Flight Innovation Center: 4.7 mi
- Air Zoo: 4.9 mi
- Vicksburg Historical Society: 5.2 mi
- Kalamazoo Valley Community College Center for New Media Art Museum: 8.4 mi
- Kalamazoo Valley Museum: 8.5 mi
- Giraffa Camelopardalis: 6.9 mi
- Bird Effigy: 7.4 mi
- The Professor: 7.6 mi
- The Committee: 7.7 mi
- Western Michigan University Seal: 7.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Dr. Nathan Thomas House: 4.0 mi
- Western W: 7.7 mi
- The Upjohn Company: 8.3 mi
- Burdick Street: 8.4 mi
- God's Garden: 0.7 mi
- Bell's Beer Garden: 8.7 mi
- People's Plot: 16.5 mi
- People's Plot: 16.5 mi
- Mushroom garden: 16.5 mi
- Prospect Hill: 14.5 mi
- Mount Misery: 17.3 mi
- Bald Hill: 18.9 mi
- Colon Mountain: 19.8 mi
- The Hogback: 23.8 mi
- Galesburg Rest Area: 10.9 mi
- Alamo Rest Area 709: 12.9 mi
- Battle Creek Rest Area: 20.9 mi
- Willard Beach: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Eliason Nature Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Hill | SW 216° | 334 m | 18.9 mi |
| Mount Misery | SSW 210° | 317 m | 17.3 mi |
| Colon Mountain | SE 142° | 287 m | 19.8 mi |
| The Hogback | NNE 27° | 282 m | 23.8 mi |
| Prospect Hill | W 278° | 244 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:18 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:40 | 21:23 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 08:08 | 16:29 | 17:14 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 52 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kalamazoo Battle Creek Intl AP, 5 mi away.
- spoonleaf sundew187 obs
- round-leaved sundew141 obs
- pink lady's slipper117 obs
- tamarack105 obs
- swamp loosestrife88 obs
- Green Frog81 obs
- pickerelweed70 obs
- buttonbush64 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1139034159
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