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Koenn Preserve

Koenn Preserve from directly overhead

Koenn Preserve is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 306 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Goose Lake State Game Area, a park 0.6 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 152 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Washtenaw County Parks & Recreation Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates42.25761, -84.11736

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Goose Lake State Game Area: 0.6 mi
  • Cavanaugh Lake County Park: 3.8 mi
  • Ridgeview Park: 4.1 mi
  • Whistlestop Park Depot: 4.9 mi
  • Grass Lake Park: 4.9 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Sky Miles: 5.3 mi
  • The Upside Down: 5.3 mi
  • The Upside Down: 5.4 mi
  • The Upside Down: 5.4 mi
  • The Upside Down: 5.4 mi
Artworks: 58
Gardens: 26
Historic sites: 21
Peaks: 18
Museums: 16
  • The Lost Railway Museum: 5.0 mi
  • The Coe House Museum: 5.2 mi
  • Michigan Whitetail Hall of Fame Museum: 6.2 mi
  • Waterloo Farm Museum: 9.0 mi
  • Dexter Area Museum: 13.2 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
  • River Grove Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
  • Hippo Hill: 20.6 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Grass Lake Rest Area: 5.5 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 6.6 mi
  • Jackson Rest Area 820: 17.6 mi
  • Sandstone Rest Area 819: 19.2 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 20.0 mi
Springs: 2
  • Artesian Well: 19.0 mi
  • Cross Spring: 24.2 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 24.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NE 39°405 m24.9 mi
Bundy HillSW 231°381 m22.4 mi
Prospect HillSSW 205°372 m17.2 mi
Hatt HillWSW 244°348 m15.8 mi
Cassidy KameNNE 16°344 m6.7 mi
Irish HillSSW 204°344 m18.4 mi
Sackrider HillWNW 303°338 m5.6 mi
Big KameN 11°328 m8.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1219:49
June solstice06:0120:3521:17
September equinox07:2418:5919:36
December solstice08:0316:2217:08

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475968717063513929
Precip in2.42.02.23.03.83.63.43.62.73.12.62.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chelsea, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/678436710

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