Saint Joseph's Island Bird Sanctuary
Saint Joseph's Island Bird Sanctuary is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Peek-A-Boo Hill stands 222 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Rains Point, a cliff 0.5 miles away. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.
How to reach it
71 named places within 25 miles
- Forslund Dix Point Nature Preserve: 5.4 mi
- James V. Foster Hartley Lake Nature Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Curtis and Margaret Anderson Nature Preserve: 5.8 mi
- Seymour Bay Nature Preserve: 6.7 mi
- Ellen Elliott Weatherbee Nature Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Rains Point: 0.5 mi
- La Pointe: 0.8 mi
- Old Fort St. Joe Point: 0.9 mi
- Elliot Point: 1.3 mi
- Burnt Point: 3.1 mi
- Orval Lowe Memorial Park: 6.3 mi
- Malette Park: 6.5 mi
- Raber Township Recreation Area: 8.3 mi
- Drummond Township Park: 8.7 mi
- Betsy Seamon Memorial Park: 9.6 mi
- De Tour Passage Historical Museum: 5.8 mi
- Drummond Island Historical Museum: 9.7 mi
- Maritime Museum: 20.6 mi
- Les Cheneaux Historical Museum: 21.2 mi
- Old Hessel Schoolhouse Museum: 24.2 mi
- Moon Hill: 15.3 mi
- Peek-A-Boo Hill: 22.5 mi
- Marble Head: 22.6 mi
- Sandy Cove: 15.6 mi
- Big Shoal Beach: 18.4 mi
- Glen Cove Beach: 19.7 mi
- Fort St. Joseph (Ontario): 0.8 mi
- Narnia Lantern: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Saint Joseph's Island Bird Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peek-A-Boo Hill | W 260° | 222 m | 22.5 mi |
| Marble Head | ESE 105° | 222 m | 22.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:09 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 20:45 | 21:31 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 08:16 | 16:03 | 16:53 |
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 | 16 | 17 | 26 | 38 | 50 | 61 | 66 | 66 | 59 | 46 | 35 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detour Village, 5 mi away.
- Monarch147 obs
- Lesser Maple Spanworm Moth145 obs
- Yellow-rumped Warbler87 obs
- Bald Eagle78 obs
- North American Porcupine68 obs
- Red-headed Woodpecker65 obs
- Song Sparrow61 obs
- American Robin61 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.
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