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LeFurge Woods Nature Preserve

LeFurge Woods Nature Preserve from directly overhead

LeFurge Woods Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 247 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Meyer Preserve West, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 25 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Southeast Michigan Land Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.28418, -83.59723
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Harriet Tubman: 3.1 mi
  • Stations of the Cross: 3.2 mi
  • Sacred Heart Statue: 3.3 mi
  • Kinetic Wind Sculpture: 3.4 mi
  • Face Of Infinity: 3.4 mi
Attractions
  • Plymouth Orchards and Cider Mill: 4.3 mi
  • Decode: 5.8 mi
  • Palmer House: 6.1 mi
  • Stick Tipi's and Lean-to's: 6.4 mi
  • MTB Skinny: 6.5 mi
Gardens: 50
  • Clay Hill Community Farm and Gardens: 1.1 mi
  • Frog Island Community Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Cultivate Community Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Alexandra Hicks Herb Knot Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Matthaei Botanical Gardens Display Gardens: 3.4 mi
Museums: 43
Picnic sites: 37
  • Picnic Grove: 3.6 mi
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 6.1 mi
  • Washago Pond Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
  • Acorn Knoll Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
  • Placeway Bridge Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
Peaks: 17
  • Prospect Hill: 17.5 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 17.7 mi
  • Peach Mountain: 18.6 mi
  • Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 18.9 mi
  • Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South): 20.6 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Martindale Beach: 16.9 mi
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 17.0 mi
  • Maple Beach: 17.4 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 18.7 mi
  • Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 19.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Belleville Rest Area: 5.9 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 9.2 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 20.5 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNW 328°405 m20.6 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NNW 329°399 m20.7 mi
Mount KanzerN 0°351 m23.2 mi
Mount OmichN 1°347 m23.9 mi
Teeple HillN 5°336 m24.1 mi
Peak 1083N 5°330 m24.2 mi
Haven HillN 4°323 m24.7 mi
Stofer HillWNW 284°321 m24.6 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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • cutleaf teasel41 obs
  • New England aster36 obs
  • common buckthorn34 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty34 obs
  • large white trillium33 obs
  • wild geranium31 obs
  • bloodroot29 obs
  • wild carrot29 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/497967879

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