Nature reserve · Michigan

Michigan Road Preserve

Michigan Road Preserve from directly overhead

Michigan Road Preserve is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 188 m. The nearest named place is Roger Hyatt Memorial Park, a park 0.8 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Thumb Land Conservancy
Access: Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.96095, -82.48010

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Roger Hyatt Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
Undeveloped Park of Port Huron Township: 1.0 mi
40th Street Pond: 1.1 mi
Hoover School Park: 1.3 mi
Knox Field: 1.5 mi

Nature reserves22

Sharon Rose Leonatti Memorial Plant Preserve: 2.5 mi
Dead End Woods Preserve: 4.0 mi
Elmer P. and Irene Jasper Woods Memorial Nature Sanctuary: 5.3 mi
Woodsong County Park: 5.6 mi
Mary Stallins Ray Memorial Plant Preserve: 6.8 mi

Historic sites13

Huron Lightship: 3.3 mi
Fort Gratiot: 3.6 mi
Young Thomas Edison statue: 3.7 mi
Robert Earl Campbell: 3.8 mi
Fort St. Joseph: 3.9 mi

Museums12

Port Huron Museum: 2.8 mi
Huron Lightship: 3.4 mi
Sled Museum: 3.7 mi
Marysville Historical Museum: 3.7 mi
Thomas Edison Depot Museum: 3.8 mi

Rest areas3

Adair Rest Area 909: 14.9 mi
Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 19.4 mi
Capac Rest Area 913: 24.3 mi

Cliffs2

Point Edward: 4.3 mi
Frog Point: 10.8 mi

Attractions2

Palmer Park Arch: 9.6 mi
Painted Rocks: 11.8 mi

Lighthouses1

Fort Gratiot Light: 4.3 mi

Beaches1

Canatara Beach: 4.9 mi

Waterfalls1

Mill Creek Falls: 20.0 mi

Gardens1

April Milsap Memorial Garden: 22.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:34	19:05	19:42
June solstice	05:52	20:30	21:13
September equinox	07:18	18:52	19:29
December solstice	07:59	16:13	16:59

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	25	27	35	46	58	68	73	72	65	53	41	31
Precip in	2.5	2.1	2.2	3.1	3.5	3.6	3.3	3.1	3.3	3.1	2.8	2.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Port Huron, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element way/1221599283

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