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Foster-Crouse Preserve

Foster-Crouse Preserve from directly overhead

Foster-Crouse Preserve is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 265 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is North Meridian Road Park, a park 0.4 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 123 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Meridian Charter Township
Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.72487, -84.36710

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • North Meridian Road Park: 0.4 mi
  • Ted Black Woods: 0.7 mi
  • Red Cedar Roadside Park: 1.1 mi
  • Eastgate Park: 1.5 mi
  • Orlando Park: 1.8 mi
Artworks
  • Welcome: 5.0 mi
  • Orpheus: 5.3 mi
  • Pegasus: 5.3 mi
  • Liberty Hyde Baily: 5.4 mi
  • Sun Seed: 5.4 mi
Historic sites: 43
  • Justin S. Morrill Hall of Agriculture: 5.7 mi
  • The Nation's Pioneer Land-Grant University: 5.8 mi
  • Women's Building Justin Morrill Hall: 5.8 mi
  • Saints' Rest: 5.8 mi
  • Botanical Laboratory: 6.0 mi
Gardens: 27
Museums: 20
Rest areas: 8
  • Okemos Rest Area 811: 3.8 mi
  • Woodbury Rest Area 830: 6.7 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 6.8 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 6.9 mi
  • DeWitt Rest Area 831: 14.3 mi
Attractions: 8
Picnic sites: 7
  • Covered Picnic Table - Eagle Scout Project: 2.9 mi
  • Spartan Village Picnic Shelter: 6.8 mi
  • Picnic Area 6: 11.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 5: 11.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 11.4 mi
Peaks: 4
Beaches: 3
  • Bitcoin Beach North: 14.2 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 15.3 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 15.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Foster-Crouse Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Teaspoon HillSSW 192°320 m17.3 mi
Mount NethawayNE 40°267 m15.3 mi
Hog IslandNE 51°259 m15.7 mi
Bradshaw HillN 355°238 m23.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1319:50
June solstice06:0020:3721:20
September equinox07:2518:5919:37
December solstice08:0516:2117:07

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252736485969727164524030
Precip in2.11.61.73.64.43.83.43.43.23.12.61.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — East Lansing 4 S, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1185348902

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