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Squiers Preserve

Squiers Preserve from directly overhead

Squiers Preserve is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 291 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Koenn Preserve, a nature reserve 2.3 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 150 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Washtenaw County Parks & Recreation Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates42.27761, -84.08098

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Cavanaugh Lake County Park: 2.5 mi
  • Goose Lake State Game Area: 2.9 mi
  • Fairgrounds: 3.3 mi
  • Pierce Park: 3.8 mi
  • Palmer Commons: 4.0 mi
Attractions
  • Sky Miles: 4.1 mi
  • The Upside Down: 4.2 mi
  • The Upside Down: 4.2 mi
  • The Upside Down: 4.3 mi
  • The Upside Down: 4.3 mi
Artworks: 60
Historic sites: 35
Gardens: 28
Museums: 20
  • The Lost Railway Museum: 7.1 mi
  • The Coe House Museum: 7.3 mi
  • Michigan Whitetail Hall of Fame Museum: 7.7 mi
  • Waterloo Farm Museum: 8.7 mi
  • Dexter Area Museum: 11.0 mi
Peaks: 19
Picnic sites: 10
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
  • River Grove Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
  • Hippo Hill: 18.5 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 4.4 mi
  • Grass Lake Rest Area: 6.9 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 17.8 mi
  • Jackson Rest Area 820: 18.8 mi
  • Sandstone Rest Area 819: 21.1 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 22.1 mi
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 24.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Artesian Well: 21.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NE 38°405 m22.7 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NE 37°399 m22.9 mi
Bundy HillSW 232°381 m24.7 mi
Prospect HillSSW 208°372 m19.2 mi
Hatt HillWSW 242°348 m18.1 mi
Cassidy KameN 360°344 m5.1 mi
Irish HillSSW 207°344 m20.4 mi
Sackrider HillWNW 284°338 m6.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1219:49
June solstice06:0120:3421:17
September equinox07:2418:5819:35
December solstice08:0316:2217:08

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475968717063513929
Precip in2.42.02.23.03.83.63.43.62.73.12.62.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chelsea, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/675270842

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