Pyatt Lake: The Bill Carls Nature Preserve
Pyatt Lake: The Bill Carls Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Exodus Hill stands 370 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Bowers Harbor Boating Access Site, a park 0.5 miles away. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Bowers Harbor Boating Access Site: 0.5 mi
- Bowers Harbor Park: 0.8 mi
- Stickney Estates Common Area: 1.2 mi
- Harbor Reach Common Area: 1.5 mi
- Cherry Harbor Estates Park: 1.6 mi
- Power Island Wilderness Park: 3.6 mi
- Leffingwell Forest Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Brinkman Bog Nature Sanctuary: 5.5 mi
- Wintergreen Woods Nature Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Wilcox-Palmer-Shah Nature Preserve: 6.1 mi
- Pluto: 9.5 mi
- Neptune: 10.4 mi
- Guardian: 10.5 mi
- Time to Let Go: 10.6 mi
- Untitled: 10.6 mi
- Hessler Log Cabin: 6.5 mi
- 45th Parallel: 8.8 mi
- Hugh J. Gray Cairn: 8.8 mi
- Anita Hill: 11.0 mi
- 2k Hill: 11.3 mi
- Carpenter Hill: 8.0 mi
- Fouch Hill: 10.9 mi
- Wayne Hill: 11.1 mi
- Morgan Hill: 11.1 mi
- Observation Hill: 11.2 mi
- Elk Rapids Iron Company Furnace Ruin: 5.6 mi
- Peninsula Township War Memorial: 6.4 mi
- Larry Cole Hardy: 10.6 mi
- 45th Parallel Signpost: 10.6 mi
- St. Francis A.D. 1887: 11.1 mi
- Guntzviller's Taxidermy and Spirit of the Woods Museum: 5.1 mi
- Elk Rapids Area Historical Museum: 5.2 mi
- Music House Museum: 7.7 mi
- Eyaawing Museum and Cultural Center: 8.9 mi
- Dennos Museum Center: 10.0 mi
- Haserot Beach: 4.5 mi
- North Beach: 5.2 mi
- Torch Lake Sand Bar Public Access Point: 10.2 mi
- West End Beach: 10.7 mi
- Public Access: 10.9 mi
- Arrowhead Garden: Iva's North: 5.5 mi
- Archangel Gabriel Community Garden: 7.9 mi
- Challengers Island Garden: 10.8 mi
- Salvation Army Daycare Garden: 10.8 mi
- Hull Park Butterfly Garden: 10.9 mi
- Chuck Wagon: 20.9 mi
- Dodge Spring: 21.2 mi
- Grand Traverse Lighthouse: 21.4 mi
- Jacktown: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pyatt Lake: The Bill Carls Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exodus Hill | SW 225° | 370 m | 13.1 mi |
| Gallagher Hill | SW 230° | 355 m | 13.2 mi |
| Mount Bundy | ENE 78° | 347 m | 23.0 mi |
| Varney Hill | WSW 244° | 337 m | 19.6 mi |
| Warner Hill | WSW 241° | 331 m | 20.0 mi |
| Pierce Hill | SSW 204° | 322 m | 21.0 mi |
| Fouch Hill | WSW 240° | 321 m | 10.9 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | W 273° | 319 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:16 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:48 | 21:33 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 08:18 | 16:15 | 17:04 |
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 | 23 | 23 | 31 | 42 | 54 | 64 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OLD Mission 3ssw, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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