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Iosco Natural Area

Iosco Natural Area from directly overhead

Iosco Natural Area is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 275 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Village of Dansville Community Park, a park 2.3 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 132 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Mid-Michigan Land Conservancy
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.57338, -84.27004

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Artworks: 56
  • Welcome: 8.0 mi
  • deer: 11.5 mi
  • Pegasus: 14.5 mi
  • Liberty Hyde Baily: 14.6 mi
  • Sun Seed: 14.6 mi
Nature reserves: 55
Historic sites: 37
Gardens: 25
Museums: 21
  • Williamston Depot Museum: 8.0 mi
  • Mason Area Historical Museum: 8.7 mi
  • Leslie Area Historical Society & Museum: 11.8 mi
  • Michigan Women's Historical Center & Hall of Fame: 13.0 mi
  • Meridian Historical Village: 13.1 mi
Peaks: 18
Picnic sites: 14
  • Covered Picnic Table - Eagle Scout Project: 14.4 mi
  • Spartan Village Picnic Shelter: 15.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 6: 19.1 mi
  • Picnic Area 5: 19.1 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 19.2 mi
Rest areas: 10
  • Okemos Rest Area 811: 10.0 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 12.0 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 12.0 mi
  • Howell Rest Area 812: 16.0 mi
  • Jackson Rest Area 820: 16.5 mi
Springs: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 24.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Iosco Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)E 96°405 m23.6 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)E 95°399 m23.7 mi
Cassidy KameSSE 148°344 m18.1 mi
Sackrider HillS 171°338 m19.0 mi
Big KameSE 146°328 m16.8 mi
Sugarloaf HillSSE 153°327 m18.1 mi
Stofer HillSE 143°321 m17.5 mi
Teaspoon HillSW 233°320 m10.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1219:49
June solstice06:0020:3621:19
September equinox07:2518:5919:36
December solstice08:0416:2217:07

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, 13 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Northern House Wren3 obs
  • Northern Cardinal2 obs
  • Red-headed Woodpecker2 obs
  • Least Skipper2 obs
  • Japanese Beetle2 obs
  • Eastern Giant Swallowtail2 obs
  • Inflated Narrow-leaved Sedge2 obs
  • Sandhill Crane2 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1189391955

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