Europe Bay Woods State Natural Area
Europe Bay Woods State Natural Area is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 190 m. 595 stands 181 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Isle View Park, a park 1.2 miles away. Door County Coastal Byway passes 1.6 miles off. 102 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.
Europe Bay Woods is located on an undeveloped isthmus between Lake Michigan and Europe Lake featuring over one mile of Great Lakes dune and beach communities, red pine groves, boreal forest, and northern dry-mesic and mesic forest. The isthmus, once the a
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Door County Coastal Byway, National
102 named places within 25 miles
- Isle View Park: 1.2 mi
- Porte des Morts Park: 2.0 mi
- Gravel Island National Wildlife Refuge: 4.0 mi
- Will's Park: 4.5 mi
- Sand Bay Park: 4.6 mi
- Door County Maritime Museum: 2.5 mi
- Washington Island Farm Museum: 9.4 mi
- Thorstein Veblen Study Cabin: 9.9 mi
- Jacobson's Museum: 9.9 mi
- Jens Jacobson's Cabin: 10.0 mi
- Gislason Beach: 6.3 mi
- Sister Bay beach: 8.5 mi
- Pebble Beach: 9.9 mi
- Village of Ephraim Public Beach: 12.3 mi
- Nicolet Bay Beach: 13.5 mi
- Ellison Bluff: 5.8 mi
- Ellison Bluff: 5.9 mi
- Sister Bluffs: 9.9 mi
- Boyers Bluff: 10.8 mi
- Bowyer Bluff: 10.9 mi
- Anderson Store and Dock: 11.6 mi
- Horseshoe Island Memorial: 12.6 mi
- Anchor from schooner Oak Leaf: 14.0 mi
- 595: 15.1 mi
- 591: 15.5 mi
- 595: 15.5 mi
- Island Clipper (aka Voight's Marine Service): 2.5 mi
- Pottawatomie Lighthouse: 13.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Europe Bay Woods State Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 595 | WSW 245° | 181 m | 15.1 mi |
| 595 | WSW 241° | 181 m | 15.5 mi |
| 591 | WSW 244° | 180 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:22 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:01 | 19:55 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 15:19 | 16:09 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 19 | 28 | 39 | 50 | 60 | 66 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washington IS, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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