Oden Island Nature Preserve
Oden Island Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 183 m. Watson Hills stands 438 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodruff Park, a park 0.5 miles away. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Little Traverse Conservancy
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Woodruff Park: 0.5 mi
- Walter Dow Park: 0.6 mi
- Gazebo Park: 0.7 mi
- Crooked Lake Boating Access Site: 0.9 mi
- Oden Field: 1.0 mi
- Black Hole Nature Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Ponshewaing Nature Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Rocky Point Nature Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Inland Waterway Nature Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Kreag Family Nature Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Pintail Peak: 5.2 mi
- Tower Hill: 5.2 mi
- Gray Hill: 5.2 mi
- Nub's Knob: 5.4 mi
- Mount Pisage: 7.5 mi
- Steep Climb: 6.1 mi
- Steep Climb: 6.3 mi
- Steep Climb: 6.6 mi
- Russian Siebert Family Home Historic Site: 7.7 mi
- Highpoint Corner: 7.9 mi
- Bay View Historical Museum: 6.2 mi
- Little Traverse Historical Society and History Museum: 7.5 mi
- Little Traverse Historical Society: 7.5 mi
- Blackbird Museum: 8.3 mi
- Pellston Historical Society Museum: 9.5 mi
- Ignatius Petoskey: 7.3 mi
- Hemingway Statue: 7.3 mi
- Pennslyvania Park Cannon: 7.4 mi
- Peace Pole: 7.6 mi
- War Memorial / POW-MIA Memorial: 9.8 mi
- Ring of Bright Water II: 1.6 mi
- Children Playing: 8.9 mi
- The Man on the Cross: 9.0 mi
- Shrine of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha: 9.0 mi
- Block M Rock: 13.8 mi
- Rose Garden Veranda: 7.3 mi
- Harris Gardens: 7.7 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 8.0 mi
- Mesochosm Area: 11.9 mi
- Zorn Park Beach: 8.5 mi
- Devoe Beach: 9.4 mi
- Peninsula Beach: 17.2 mi
- Lake Michigan Beach: 23.0 mi
- Alanson Fresh Spring Water Well: 2.7 mi
- Shotto Spring: 3.7 mi
- Bubbling Spring: 7.4 mi
- Topinabee Rest Area 407: 11.4 mi
- Hebron Rest Area 408: 18.8 mi
- Vanderbilt Rest Area 406: 22.2 mi
- Steak Ride: 14.2 mi
- Sturgeon Bay: 20.0 mi
- Charlevoix South Pier Light: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Oden Island Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watson Hills | SSE 166° | 438 m | 19.4 mi |
| Graham Benchmark | WNW 301° | 405 m | 7.6 mi |
| Nub's Knob | NW 310° | 398 m | 5.4 mi |
| Emmet Heights | WNW 303° | 395 m | 8.1 mi |
| Tower Hill | NW 308° | 393 m | 5.2 mi |
| Chandler Hills | S 175° | 382 m | 13.4 mi |
| Chandler Hill | SSE 168° | 372 m | 11.7 mi |
| Pintail Peak | NW 306° | 368 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:13 | 19:52 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:46 | 21:32 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:39 |
| December solstice | 08:17 | 16:10 | 16:59 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 20 | 28 | 40 | 52 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Petoskey Ncmc, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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