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Richter Community Forest Nature Preserve

Richter Community Forest Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Richter Community Forest Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 187 m. 595 stands 181 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Richter Community Forest Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Door County Coastal Byway passes 3.7 miles off. 97 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Door County Land Trust

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates45.33959, -86.94988

97 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 37
  • Red Barn Park: 2.1 mi
  • Porte des Morts Park: 3.5 mi
  • Isle View Park: 4.1 mi
  • Mountain Wayside Park: 4.2 mi
  • Jill's Park: 5.5 mi
Museums: 15
  • Washington Island Farm Museum: 4.0 mi
  • Thorstein Veblen Study Cabin: 4.7 mi
  • Jacobson's Museum: 4.7 mi
  • Jens Jacobson's Cabin: 4.7 mi
  • Door County Maritime Museum: 4.8 mi
Beaches: 7
Cliffs: 6
Historic sites: 3
Peaks: 3
  • 595: 19.2 mi
  • 591: 19.6 mi
  • 595: 19.8 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Island Clipper (aka Voight's Marine Service): 4.9 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • Pottawatomie Lighthouse: 8.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Peninsula Point Recreation Area: 22.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Richter Community Forest Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
595SW 233°181 m19.2 mi
595SW 231°181 m19.8 mi
591SW 233°180 m19.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2119:00
June solstice05:0019:5520:40
September equinox06:3518:0818:47
December solstice07:2515:1916:08

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F181928395060666659473626
Precip in1.61.11.72.93.03.12.83.03.23.62.31.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washington IS, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/6346545342

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