Nature reserve
Gull Island
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Gull Island is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 183 m. The nearest named place is Sarah A. Martin Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 13 miles away. 23 named places lie within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Coordinates45.70122, -85.83960
23 named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves: 9
- Sarah A. Martin Nature Preserve: 12.9 mi
- Barney's Lake Nature Preserve: 13.4 mi
- Conn's Cove West Nature Preserve: 16.0 mi
- Margaret P. Erber Nature Preserve: 16.3 mi
- Little Sand Bay Nature Preserve: 16.3 mi
Parks: 5
- Gus Schmidt North Shore Park: 14.6 mi
- Seul Choix Pointe Lighthouse Park: 15.6 mi
- Jewell Gillespie Park & Beach: 15.7 mi
- Gould City Township Park: 19.6 mi
- Manistique Township Park: 23.1 mi
Museums: 4
- Protar Home: 13.3 mi
- Seul Choix Pointe Lighthouse Museum: 15.6 mi
- Mormon Print Shop Museum: 15.7 mi
- Beaver Island Marine Museum: 16.3 mi
Historic sites: 2
- Engineer's Memorial (David Chase): 13.0 mi
- Protar's Grave: 13.0 mi
Beaches: 2
- Jewell Gillespie Park Beach: 15.7 mi
- Beaver Island Public Beach: 17.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Jewell Gillespie Park: 15.7 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:17 | 19:56 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:51 | 21:37 |
| September equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:43 |
| December solstice | 08:22 | 16:13 | 17:02 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 21 | 29 | 40 | 52 | 62 | 67 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beaver IS, 14 mi away.
- American Herring Gull4 obs
- American White Pelican1 obs
- Ring-billed Gull1 obs
- Biting Stonecrop1 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.
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