Mud Lake Bog
Mud Lake Bog is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 229 m. Carlisle Hill stands 280 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Bakertown Fen, a nature reserve 2.9 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 8.3 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 229 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Buchanan Township
How to reach it
- 8.3 mi off the The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Bakertown Fen: 2.9 mi
- Burns Prairie Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Myron Perlman Nature Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Boyle Lake State Wildlife Area: 3.6 mi
- Dayton Wet Prairie Preserve: 4.0 mi
- McCoy Creek Recreation Area: 3.5 mi
- Kathryn Park: 3.7 mi
- Harger Park: 3.8 mi
- Old City Hall Park: 3.8 mi
- Firehouse Park: 3.8 mi
- Three Oaks Bicycle Museum: 9.2 mi
- Three Oaks Township Library and Museum: 9.3 mi
- Fort Saint Joseph Museum: 9.3 mi
- The Region of Three Oaks Museum: 9.4 mi
- History Center at Courthouse Square: 9.4 mi
- Hybrid Form, Number 2: 9.1 mi
- The Globe: 9.6 mi
- Legacy of Leadership Sculpture: 9.9 mi
- AU Flower Bed: 9.9 mi
- Corten Steel Sculpture: 10.0 mi
- War Memorial: 4.0 mi
- Fort Saint Joseph Monument: 9.0 mi
- Former Ferry Street School Ruins: 9.4 mi
- Freedom Memorial: 10.1 mi
- First Church Camp: 10.4 mi
- South Vista: 5.1 mi
- Moore Woodlot: 5.1 mi
- Hosta Bowl: 5.1 mi
- Bauer Terrace: 5.1 mi
- The Green: 5.1 mi
- flower walk: 3.9 mi
- Japanese Garden: 5.1 mi
- Nature Adventure Garden: 5.1 mi
- Railway Garden: 5.1 mi
- Butterfly Larva Garden: 5.1 mi
- Mount Randall: 9.8 mi
- Tower Hill: 9.9 mi
- Great Warren Dune: 10.0 mi
- Pikes Peak: 10.1 mi
- Mount Fuller: 10.2 mi
- Weko Beach: 10.8 mi
- New Buffalo Public Beach: 16.2 mi
- Pleasant Lake East Beach: 18.1 mi
- Lions Beach: 18.9 mi
- Stone Lake Beach: 21.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
- Otahnagon Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Hardwoods: 11.9 mi
- Orchard Shore Shelters Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- Michigan Welcome Center 707: 16.4 mi
- Indiana Welcome Center: 19.6 mi
- St. Joseph North Pier Lighthouse: 19.9 mi
- North Pierhead Light: 20.0 mi
- Artesian Flow: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mud Lake Bog. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlisle Hill | SSW 195° | 280.4 m | 11.6 mi |
| Vargo Hill | SSE 166° | 270 m | 19.2 mi |
| Reeves Hill | SSE 167° | 264 m | 18.5 mi |
| Mount Edward | NW 313° | 242 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mount Randall | WNW 304° | 235 m | 9.8 mi |
| Tower Hill | WNW 301° | 233 m | 9.9 mi |
| Pikes Peak | WNW 301° | 229 m | 10.1 mi |
| Mount Fuller | WNW 299° | 227 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:50 | 19:21 | 19:58 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:43 | 21:25 |
| September equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:45 |
| December solstice | 08:11 | 16:34 | 17:19 |
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 | 26 | 29 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 53 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Niles, 9 mi away.
- swamp loosestrife22 obs
- leatherleaf20 obs
- tamarack19 obs
- alder buckthorn16 obs
- Green Arrow Arum16 obs
- winterberry holly13 obs
- Virginia chain fern13 obs
- American Royal Fern12 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1097031415
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