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Knapp Corner Preserve

Knapp Corner Preserve from directly overhead

Knapp Corner Preserve is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 196 m. Dias Hill stands 311 m to the south-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Knapp Street Bridge Boating Access Site, a park 0.3 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
2012

How to reach it

Coordinates43.00556, -85.54679

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Knapp Street Bridge Boating Access Site: 0.3 mi
  • Knapp Valley Forest Park: 1.0 mi
  • Crahen Valley Park: 1.2 mi
  • Roselle Park: 1.4 mi
  • Grand Rapids Township Park: 2.1 mi
Artworks
  • Earth, Wind, and Fire: 2.1 mi
  • American Eagle: 2.3 mi
  • Long Island Buddha: 2.5 mi
  • Four Open Squares Horizontal Gyratory-Tapered: 2.5 mi
  • Untitled: 2.5 mi
Museums: 23
Nature reserves: 23
Historic sites: 17
Gardens: 13
  • Heirloom Vegetable Patch: 2.4 mi
  • Heirloom Vegetable Patch: 2.5 mi
  • Bonsai Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Zen-Style Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Stargazer Gardens: 3.9 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Sawtooth Drop: 7.4 mi
  • Hilltop Stop: 7.5 mi
  • Boulder Jump: 7.6 mi
  • Wynalda Flow Trails Hub: 7.6 mi
  • Pine Plantation: 9.1 mi
Peaks: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Rockford Rest Area 525: 9.5 mi
  • Saranac Rest Area 532: 21.5 mi
  • Zeeland Rest Area 528: 23.0 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Millennium Park Beach: 11.3 mi
  • Fishing Beach: 20.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dias HillSSW 200°311 m15.3 mi
Cheney HillsN 8°291 m17.0 mi
Bettes Tower HillNW 318°260 m14.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:1719:55
June solstice06:0420:4221:26
September equinox07:3019:0419:41
December solstice08:1116:2517:11

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, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/553419592

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