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Meadowbrook Nature Preserve

Meadowbrook Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Meadowbrook Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 212 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the west-northwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunset Hill Farm County Park, a park 1.2 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 4.9 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Shirley Heinze Land Trust
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.54103, -87.08531
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sunset Hill Farm County Park: 1.2 mi
  • Brookdale County Park: 2.0 mi
  • Rogers Lakewood Park: 2.1 mi
  • Rogers Lakewood Park: 2.2 mi
  • Haven Hollow Park: 2.5 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 55
Peaks: 43
  • Mount Tuthill: 7.4 mi
  • Mount Bentley: 7.4 mi
  • Mount Leman: 7.5 mi
  • Mount Tim: 7.6 mi
  • Petingill Dune: 7.7 mi
Artworks: 37
  • Orville Redenbacher: 5.2 mi
  • Tuskegee Airmen: 10.4 mi
  • Father Marquette Monument: 10.4 mi
  • Octave Chanute: 10.4 mi
  • Mayor Richard G. Hatcher Monuument: 13.7 mi
Attractions: 35
  • Jump: 4.2 mi
  • Jump: 4.2 mi
  • Jump: 4.2 mi
  • Jump: 4.2 mi
  • Jump: 4.2 mi
Beaches: 32
  • Bailly Beach: 7.6 mi
  • Dune Acres Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Portage Lakefront: 7.9 mi
  • Ridge Beach: 8.0 mi
  • East Beach: 8.1 mi
Gardens: 19
  • Welcome Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Hitz Family Rose Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Bapst Rose Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Entrance Garden: 7.6 mi
  • ArcelorMittal Adventure Garden: 7.6 mi
Museums: 18
Picnic sites: 14
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area Trucks Only: 8.9 mi
  • Indiana Welcome Center: 20.2 mi
  • Michigan Welcome Center 707: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • 1 Foot Falls: 8.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LieberWNW 303°214 m9.4 mi
Chanute HillWNW 300°195 m10.8 mi
Mount HoldenN 11°194 m8.7 mi
Mount TomN 10°193 m8.5 mi
Mount JacksonNNE 12°192 m8.6 mi
Mount BaldyNE 35°185 m14.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1519:4520:27
September equinox06:3618:1118:47
December solstice07:1215:3716:22

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252938506069737165544130
Precip in2.42.22.63.74.64.34.13.62.93.93.32.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Valparaiso WTR WKS, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/606666059

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