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George P. Tilma Nature Preserve

George P. Tilma Nature Preserve from directly overhead

George P. Tilma Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 216 m. Dias Hill stands 311 m to the south-southeast, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Ferrand Park, a park 0.4 miles away. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.87906, -85.71566

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Abstract Steel Sculpture: 2.0 mi
  • Rapid Central Bike Parking: 5.9 mi
  • ArtPost Grand Valley State University (GVSU) Seidman Campus: 6.0 mi
  • ArtPost Verne Barry Place: 6.1 mi
  • ArtPost Ferguson Apartments: 6.2 mi
Nature reserves: 38
Museums: 24
Historic sites: 21
Attractions: 17
Gardens: 13
Peaks: 6
Rest areas: 3
  • Zeeland Rest Area 528: 11.4 mi
  • Rockford Rest Area 525: 19.0 mi
  • Fruitport Rest Area 502: 24.4 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Millennium Park Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Fishing Beach: 17.4 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of George P. Tilma Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dias HillSSE 150°311 m6.6 mi
Baird HillSSE 149°294 m22.8 mi
Graves HillSSE 146°280 m21.4 mi
Bettes Tower HillN 357°260 m19.2 mi
Beach HillSW 214°242 m19.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:1819:55
June solstice06:0520:4321:26
September equinox07:3119:0519:42
December solstice08:1116:2617:12

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465867716962503929
Precip in2.72.12.64.14.44.03.33.13.53.73.32.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Grand Rapids, 7 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer90 obs
  • mayapple75 obs
  • common motherwort63 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage45 obs
  • Golden Oyster Mushroom45 obs
  • garlic mustard39 obs
  • Ghost Pipe37 obs
  • American Toad34 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/158958984

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