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Jack R. Smiley Nature Preserve

Jack R. Smiley Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Jack R. Smiley Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 242 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Superior Center County Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 26 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Southeast Michigan Land Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.30183, -83.60115
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Superior Center County Park: 0.3 mi
  • Schock Park: 0.3 mi
  • North Prospect Park: 1.5 mi
  • Staebler Farm County Park: 2.1 mi
  • Schroeter Park: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Kinetic Wind Sculpture: 3.1 mi
  • Face Of Infinity: 3.1 mi
  • Stations of the Cross: 3.7 mi
  • Sacred Heart Statue: 3.8 mi
  • Harriet Tubman: 4.3 mi
Attractions
  • Plymouth Orchards and Cider Mill: 3.4 mi
  • Palmer House: 6.1 mi
  • Decode: 6.3 mi
  • Sunset Point: 6.6 mi
  • Stick Tipi's and Lean-to's: 6.7 mi
Historic sites
  • First City Hall: 3.9 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • Ypsilanti: 4.0 mi
  • Bust of Demetrius Ypsilantis: 4.1 mi
  • Spanish-American War Memorial: 4.1 mi
Gardens: 51
  • Clay Hill Community Farm and Gardens: 2.3 mi
  • Marie Azary Rock Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Matthaei Botanical Gardens Display Gardens: 3.1 mi
  • Commons: 3.1 mi
  • Alexandra Hicks Herb Knot Garden: 3.1 mi
Museums: 42
Picnic sites: 37
  • Picnic Grove: 3.2 mi
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 5.9 mi
  • Placeway Bridge Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
  • Huron River Site: 15.3 mi
  • East Boat Launch Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
Peaks: 18
  • Halsted Hill: 16.8 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 17.1 mi
  • Peach Mountain: 17.9 mi
  • Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 18.2 mi
  • Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South): 19.4 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Martindale Beach: 15.7 mi
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 15.8 mi
  • Maple Beach: 16.2 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 17.6 mi
  • Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 17.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Belleville Rest Area: 7.0 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 8.4 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 20.3 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNW 327°405 m19.4 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NNW 327°399 m19.5 mi
Mount KanzerN 1°351 m22.0 mi
Mount OmichN 2°347 m22.7 mi
Cassidy KameW 278°344 m24.8 mi
Teeple HillN 6°336 m22.9 mi
Peak 1083N 6°330 m23.0 mi
Haven HillN 5°323 m23.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1019:47
June solstice05:5920:3321:15
September equinox07:2218:5719:34
December solstice08:0116:2017:06

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242736485968727063513929
Precip in3.02.52.83.43.83.93.53.53.23.02.82.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ANN Arbor U OF Mich, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/530769526

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