Oak Road Nature Preserve
Oak Road Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 217 m. Brussels Hill stands 259 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. Door County Coastal Byway passes 2.1 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Door County Land Trust
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Door County Coastal Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Murphy County Park: 3.1 mi
- Beach View Park: 4.7 mi
- Harbor Hounds Dog Park: 4.9 mi
- Harbor View Park: 5.0 mi
- Burning Cow Music Festival: 5.3 mi
- Oak Road Nature Preserve: 0.2 mi
- Lautenbach Woods Nature Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Lautenbach Woods Nature Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Lautenbach Woods Nature Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Bay Shore Blufflands Nature Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Wood cabin: 6.5 mi
- Minnie Hesh Cochems: 8.9 mi
- George J. Baudhuin: 11.0 mi
- Captain John Roen: 11.0 mi
- Fred J. Peterson: 11.0 mi
- Door County Museum and Archives: 10.6 mi
- Alexander Noble House Museum: 10.6 mi
- Door County Maritime Museum: 11.1 mi
- Historic Iverson House: 13.6 mi
- Ephraim Fire Museum: 13.7 mi
- Egg Harbor Beach: 4.7 mi
- Beach @ Potawatomi State Park: 9.7 mi
- Sunset Park Beach: 10.1 mi
- @Beach Harbor Resort: 10.2 mi
- Sunset Beach Park: 10.7 mi
- Old Baldy: 6.1 mi
- Mount Lowe: 8.5 mi
- 709: 10.1 mi
- 595: 12.6 mi
- 591: 13.1 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 8.9 mi
- Sherwood Point Lighthouse: 8.9 mi
- Sherwood Point Cottage: 8.9 mi
- Oil House: 8.9 mi
- Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Lighthouse: 12.7 mi
- Svens Bluff: 11.2 mi
- Sister Bluffs: 16.0 mi
- Ellison Bluff: 21.4 mi
- Ellison Bluff: 21.6 mi
- Niagara Escarpment: 23.2 mi
- Bear Statue: 16.6 mi
- Fisherman Statue: 16.7 mi
- The Garden Door: 7.1 mi
- Renard's Cheese & Deli: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Oak Road Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brussels Hill | SW 223° | 259 m | 21.3 mi |
| Mount Lowe | SSW 207° | 226 m | 8.5 mi |
| 709 | SW 219° | 216 m | 10.1 mi |
| Indian Mound | WNW 297° | 189 m | 19.9 mi |
| 595 | N 7° | 181 m | 12.6 mi |
| 595 | N 6° | 181 m | 13.6 mi |
| 591 | N 6° | 180 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:23 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:03 | 19:55 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:10 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 15:22 | 16:11 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 20 | 30 | 41 | 53 | 63 | 68 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sturgeon BAY EXP Farm, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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