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West Nature Study Trails

West Nature Study Trails from directly overhead

West Nature Study Trails is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 192 m. Carlisle Hill stands 280 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Turtle Creek Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 11 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New Buffalo Area Schools
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.78282, -86.75761
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Peaks: 38
  • Bismarck Hill: 8.1 mi
  • Crescent Dune: 9.6 mi
  • Mount Baldy: 10.2 mi
  • Mount McCray: 10.7 mi
  • Mount Jensen: 11.1 mi
Attractions: 33
Historic sites: 27
  • Warren Nelson Plaque: 8.2 mi
  • Rotary Centennial Monument: 8.3 mi
  • Civil War Monument: 8.4 mi
  • Rawson Memorial Stone Plaque: 8.5 mi
  • Greenwood Memorial Chapel: 8.5 mi
Beaches: 21
  • New Buffalo Public Beach: 1.4 mi
  • Stop 7 Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Stop 2 Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Washington Park Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Crescent Dune Beach: 9.8 mi
Museums: 17
Gardens: 16
Artworks: 9
  • Duet: 8.2 mi
  • La Porte History Mural: 12.0 mi
  • Potawatomi Warrior: 12.0 mi
  • The Globe: 23.8 mi
  • Legacy of Leadership Sculpture: 24.0 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Michigan Welcome Center 707: 1.4 mi
  • Indiana Welcome Center: 3.8 mi
  • Rest Area Trucks Only: 16.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • 1 Foot Falls: 15.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carlisle HillESE 120°280.4 m15.7 mi
Mount EdwardNE 41°242 m13.8 mi
Mount RandallNE 44°235 m12.2 mi
Tower HillNE 44°233 m11.7 mi
Pikes PeakNE 43°229 m11.6 mi
Mount FullerNE 43°227 m11.4 mi
Great Warren DuneNE 43°225 m13.1 mi
Mount HoldenWSW 242°194 m17.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5119:2319:59
June solstice06:1320:4421:26
September equinox07:3519:0919:46
December solstice08:1216:3517:20

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, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1449699202

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