Portman Nature Preserve
Portman Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 235 m. Bald Hill stands 334 m to the south, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Martha Mott Bird Sanctuary, a nature reserve 2.5 miles away. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
SWMLC - 189 acres of rolling hills, upland oak forest, fen and marshland, three spring-fed lakes, and gorgeous sunrises and sunsets. There are nearly 2 miles of marked hiking trails, with a universal access trail planned for 2019.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Tyler Field: 3.3 mi
- Mattawan Park: 3.5 mi
- Maple City Veteran's Memorial Park: 3.5 mi
- Fountain: 3.7 mi
- Playground: 4.1 mi
- Martha Mott Bird Sanctuary: 2.5 mi
- Maple Island: 3.1 mi
- Sora Meadows: 5.4 mi
- Schellenberg Woods: 6.8 mi
- Sand Creek Preserve: 8.4 mi
- Kalamazoo Valley Museum: 13.0 mi
- Kalamazoo Valley Community College Center for New Media Art Museum: 13.0 mi
- Flight Innovation Center: 14.0 mi
- Air Zoo: 14.2 mi
- Van Buren Historical Society Museum: 14.7 mi
- Western W: 11.3 mi
- Lawrence Veterans Memorial: 12.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 12.7 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr.: 12.9 mi
- The Upjohn Company: 13.0 mi
- South Street: 12.8 mi
- Year Round Golf: 12.8 mi
- Celery Flats Interpretive Center: 12.8 mi
- Kalamazoo Mall: 12.9 mi
- Leo J. Burch Park: 13.3 mi
- The Committee: 11.1 mi
- The Professor: 11.2 mi
- Bird Effigy: 11.2 mi
- Western Michigan University Seal: 11.4 mi
- Untitled: 12.1 mi
- God's Garden: 13.2 mi
- Bell's Beer Garden: 13.2 mi
- People's Plot: 24.2 mi
- People's Plot: 24.2 mi
- Mushroom garden: 24.2 mi
- Prospect Hill: 4.5 mi
- Mount Misery: 20.5 mi
- Bald Hill: 20.5 mi
- Alamo Rest Area 709: 11.5 mi
- Galesburg Rest Area: 19.9 mi
- Watervliet Rest Area: 21.4 mi
- Artesian Flow: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Portman Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Hill | S 179° | 334 m | 20.5 mi |
| Mount Misery | S 172° | 317 m | 20.5 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SW 223° | 244 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:48 | 19:19 | 19:56 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:41 | 21:24 |
| September equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 08:10 | 16:29 | 17:15 |
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 | 26 | 35 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bloomingdale, 12 mi away.
- American cancer-root26 obs
- Eastern Pondhawk19 obs
- striped wintergreen16 obs
- Common Whitetail16 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage14 obs
- northern spicebush13 obs
- sassafras13 obs
- butterfly milkweed11 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/825622749
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