Nature reserve · Michigan

Turtle Cove Nature Preserve

Turtle Cove Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Turtle Cove Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 256 m. Briar Hill stands 517 m to the south-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Pines Park, a park 0.9 miles away. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.66856, -85.52628

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Pines Park: 0.9 mi
Arbutus Lake No. 5 Park: 1.0 mi
Kelly Park: 1.3 mi
Grace Macdonald Park: 1.4 mi
Killingsworth Park: 1.4 mi

Nature reserves57

Howard and Mary Dunn Edwards Nature Sanctuary: 1.4 mi
Brown Bridge Quiet Area: 2.0 mi
East Creek Reserve: 3.0 mi
Halladay-Blackhurst-Chowning Nature Preserve: 3.9 mi
Mitchell Creek Meadows: The Don & Jerry Oleson Nature Preserve: 4.2 mi

Artworks24

Duet: 5.6 mi
Neptune: 5.7 mi
Uranus: 5.7 mi
Frida Kahlo: 6.6 mi
Pluto: 6.7 mi

Peaks21

Observation Hill: 5.0 mi
McCrea Hill: 6.8 mi
Pierce Hill: 8.7 mi
Carpenter Hill: 8.8 mi
Wayne Hill: 9.5 mi

Museums21

Dennos Museum Center: 7.3 mi
Music House Museum: 8.8 mi
Fife Lake Historical Museum: 10.6 mi
Cider Mill: 14.1 mi
Oilfield Building: 14.1 mi

Attractions18

S-Curve: 3.7 mi
Woodchip Hill: 3.7 mi
Hill to the Lake: 4.8 mi
The Chute: 4.8 mi
6k Hill: 4.8 mi

Historic sites13

Northrup Grave: 4.7 mi
Kingsley Veterans Memorial: 5.8 mi
St. Francis A.D. 1887: 7.7 mi
Larry Cole Hardy: 8.0 mi
Gravesite of Traverse Colantha Walker: 8.1 mi

Gardens11

Hull Park Butterfly Garden: 7.3 mi
Challengers Island Garden: 7.4 mi
Salvation Army Daycare Garden: 7.4 mi
Traverse City Community Garden: 8.1 mi
Secret Garden: 8.1 mi

Beaches9

West End Beach: 8.8 mi
Torch Lake Sand Bar Public Access Point: 16.1 mi
Public Access: 16.7 mi
North Beach: 17.0 mi
Archie Valleau Landing: 19.1 mi

Picnic sites1

Chuck Wagon: 17.5 mi

Springs1

Dodge Spring: 23.0 mi

Ghost towns1

Jacktown: 23.9 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Briar Hill	SSW 200°	517 m	22.2 mi
Briar Hill	SSW 201°	410 m	20.0 mi
Exodus Hill	NW 307°	370 m	11.3 mi
Twentyone Hill	ESE 111°	358 m	19.4 mi
Twentyone Hill	ESE 114°	357 m	19.6 mi
Gallagher Hill	NW 308°	355 m	12.5 mi
Varney Hill	WNW 293°	337 m	18.9 mi
Champion Hill	W 266°	337 m	24.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:46	19:16	19:55
June solstice	05:57	20:47	21:32
September equinox	07:30	19:03	19:41
December solstice	08:17	16:17	17:05

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	24	32	43	55	66	70	69	62	50	39	29
Precip in	1.7	1.0	1.6	2.8	2.8	2.6	2.7	3.0	3.4	3.6	2.2	1.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Traverse CY Cherry Capital AP, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1235181474

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