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Warren Woods State Park

Warren Woods State Park from directly overhead

Warren Woods State Park is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 182 m. Carlisle Hill stands 280 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.4 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 10 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
182 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.83712, -86.62316
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Dillard Park: 2.1 mi
  • Chamberlain Path: 2.5 mi
  • Harbert Community Park: 2.5 mi
  • Dewey Cannon Park: 2.6 mi
  • Carver Park: 2.7 mi
Attractions: 34
  • Notre Dame Elementary School: 12.7 mi
  • Tree Sign: 13.5 mi
  • Lake Clare: 13.6 mi
  • Nature Preserve: 14.3 mi
  • Hosta Bowl: 14.3 mi
Museums: 31
Historic sites: 31
  • First Church Camp (water tank): 6.6 mi
  • First Church Camp: 6.6 mi
  • 'First Church Camp' Ruins: 6.6 mi
  • War Memorial: 13.7 mi
  • Warren Nelson Plaque: 16.1 mi
Peaks: 28
Artworks: 27
  • The Globe: 15.9 mi
  • Legacy of Leadership Sculpture: 16.1 mi
  • Duet: 16.1 mi
  • Corten Steel Sculpture: 16.2 mi
  • AU Flower Bed: 16.2 mi
Gardens: 18
Beaches: 14
  • New Buffalo Public Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Weko Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Stop 7 Beach: 15.2 mi
  • Stop 2 Beach: 15.6 mi
  • Washington Park Beach: 16.2 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Picnic sites: 5
  • Picnic Area: 0.4 mi
  • Otahnagon Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
  • Hardwoods: 13.4 mi
  • Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Lake View: 21.9 mi
  • Orchard Shore Shelters Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Michigan Welcome Center 707: 7.9 mi
  • Indiana Welcome Center: 11.2 mi
  • Rest Area Trucks Only: 23.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • 1 Foot Falls: 22.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carlisle HillSSE 150°280.4 m13.4 mi
Vargo HillSE 143°270 m23.9 mi
Reeves HillSE 143°264 m23.1 mi
Mount EdwardNNE 18°242 m7.0 mi
Mount RandallNNE 17°235 m5.2 mi
Tower HillNNE 14°233 m4.9 mi
Pikes PeakNNE 12°229 m4.8 mi
Mount FullerN 10°227 m4.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5119:2219:59
June solstice06:1220:4321:26
September equinox07:3519:0919:46
December solstice08:1116:3417:19

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242837496069737265534030
Precip in3.02.52.73.84.34.44.04.23.44.13.22.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laporte, 17 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American beech118 obs
  • prairie trillium66 obs
  • Christmas fern59 obs
  • yellow trout lily58 obs
  • mayapple56 obs
  • large white trillium56 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty56 obs
  • sharp-lobed hepatica56 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/331168541

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