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Meyer Preserve West

Meyer Preserve West from directly overhead

Meyer Preserve West is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 249 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is LeFurge Woods Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 25 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Washtenaw County
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.28597, -83.60994
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Artworks
  • Stations of the Cross: 2.7 mi
  • Sacred Heart Statue: 2.8 mi
  • Kinetic Wind Sculpture: 2.8 mi
  • Face Of Infinity: 2.8 mi
  • Harriet Tubman: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
  • First City Hall: 2.8 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • Ypsilanti: 2.8 mi
  • Bust of Demetrius Ypsilantis: 2.9 mi
  • Spanish-American War Memorial: 2.9 mi
Attractions
Gardens: 49
  • Clay Hill Community Farm and Gardens: 1.7 mi
  • Frog Island Community Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Alexandra Hicks Herb Knot Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Matthaei Botanical Gardens Display Gardens: 2.8 mi
  • Marie Azary Rock Garden: 2.8 mi
Museums: 42
Picnic sites: 37
  • Picnic Grove: 2.9 mi
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 5.4 mi
  • Placeway Bridge Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
  • Huron River Site: 16.2 mi
Peaks: 18
  • Prospect Hill: 16.8 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 17.9 mi
  • Peach Mountain: 18.0 mi
  • Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 18.3 mi
  • Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South): 20.1 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 16.7 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 16.8 mi
  • Maple Beach: 17.2 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 18.8 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 19.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Belleville Rest Area: 6.5 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 8.6 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 19.9 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNW 330°405 m20.1 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NNW 330°399 m20.2 mi
Mount KanzerN 2°351 m23.1 mi
Mount OmichN 3°347 m23.8 mi
Cassidy KameW 281°344 m24.5 mi
Teeple HillN 7°336 m24.1 mi
Peak 1083N 7°330 m24.1 mi
Haven HillN 5°323 m24.7 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/497967880

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