Searles Nature Preserve
Searles Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 232 m. Peach Mountain stands 313 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Rolling Hills Park, a park 1.4 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 20 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 19.8 mi off the Monroe Street (M125)
Named places within 25 miles
- Rolling Hills Park: 1.4 mi
- Hewen's Creek Park: 1.8 mi
- Sandra Richardson Park: 1.9 mi
- Wall Park: 2.4 mi
- Mary McCann Park: 2.9 mi
- Pittsfield Preserve: South East: 3.8 mi
- Pittsfield Preserve North: 4.5 mi
- Lloyd and Mabel Johnson Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Draper-Houston Meadows Preserve: 5.4 mi
- Scarlett Mitchell Nature Area: 5.4 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Summit Farm Toll Gate: 5.0 mi
- Milan Veterans Wall of Honor: 5.5 mi
- Milan War Veterans Memorial: 5.5 mi
- Woodruff’s Grove: 5.8 mi
- Dash: 4.4 mi
- Harriet Tubman: 6.0 mi
- Mill Pond Painted Rock: 7.1 mi
- Sacred Heart Statue: 7.2 mi
- Stations of the Cross: 7.3 mi
- Wiard's Orchards & Country Fair: 2.2 mi
- Pirate Ship: 2.2 mi
- Decode: 6.2 mi
- Jewel Heart: 6.9 mi
- Southeast Tower: 8.6 mi
- Ypsilanti Historical Museum: 6.3 mi
- Michigan Firehouse Museum: 6.3 mi
- Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum: 6.4 mi
- UM Research Museums Center: 6.4 mi
- Cobblestone Farm: 6.5 mi
- Forest Hills Cooperative Community Garden: 5.6 mi
- Saline Rec Center Community Garden: 6.1 mi
- Cultivate Community Garden: 6.3 mi
- Frog Island Community Garden: 6.5 mi
- Community Garden: 7.3 mi
- Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 9.7 mi
- Picnic Grove: 9.7 mi
- Washago Pond Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
- Acorn Knoll Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
- Flint Woods Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
- Belleville Rest Area: 8.1 mi
- Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 14.3 mi
- Carleton Rest Area 826: 17.4 mi
- Chelsea Rest Area: 19.8 mi
- Dundee Welcome Center 822: 22.7 mi
- Prospect Hill: 18.5 mi
- Peach Mountain: 21.7 mi
- Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 21.8 mi
- Rawsonville: 6.6 mi
- Orchard - View Colony Beach: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Searles Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peach Mountain | NW 321° | 313 m | 21.7 mi |
| Prospect Hill | NW 310° | 287 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:10 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:32 | 21:15 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:57 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:01 | 16:21 | 17:06 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 35 | 47 | 59 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Milan Wwtp, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/818737813
Day trips start here
- Maybee · 13 mi
- Carleton · 15 mi
- Monroe County · 18 mi
- Monroe · 21 mi
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