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Estivant Pines Nature Sanctuary

Estivant Pines Nature Sanctuary from directly overhead

Estivant Pines Nature Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 299 m. Mount Horace Greeley stands 470 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Manganese Falls, a waterfall 1.5 miles away. Copper Country Trail passes 1.9 miles off. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

508 acre wilderness with hiking trails

The record

What the record says

Built
1973
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Michigan Nature Association
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.43930, -87.87683

Overlooks nearby

Around it

79 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 27
  • Donny Kilpela Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
  • Brockway Mountain Lookout: 2.2 mi
  • Copper Harbor Marina: 2.5 mi
  • Hunter's Point Park: 2.6 mi
  • Skills Park: 3.5 mi
Historic sites: 11
Waterfalls: 9
  • Manganese Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Montreal Falls - Upper Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Montreal Falls - Lower Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Haven Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Silver Falls: 9.3 mi
Museums: 7
  • Earth works: 2.1 mi
  • Astor House Historical Museum: 2.1 mi
  • The Maritime Museum: 13.3 mi
  • The Keweenaw History Museum: 13.3 mi
  • The Bammert Blacksmith Shop: 19.0 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Peaks: 6
Attractions: 5
  • The HUB: 3.3 mi
  • The MID: 3.5 mi
  • Skills Park: 3.5 mi
  • Delaware Mine Tour: 10.4 mi
  • Keweenaw Snow Gauge: 20.7 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Horseshoe Harbor Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Great Sand Bay Conservation and Recreation Area: 15.9 mi
  • Eagle River Beach: 19.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Horace GreeleyWSW 251°470 m14.6 mi
Gratiot MountainWSW 251°453 m11.3 mi
Mount HoughtonSW 234°447 m3.8 mi
Mount BohemiaWSW 243°438 m7.2 mi
Brockway MountainWNW 292°403 m4.6 mi
Mount LookoutW 273°402 m10.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5519:2420:04
June solstice05:5521:0521:53
September equinox07:3919:1119:51
December solstice08:3716:1117:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212028384958656558473626
Precip in1.91.11.22.22.82.52.52.33.12.71.81.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Copper Harbor, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/824534199

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