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Standish Nature Preserve

Standish Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Standish Nature Preserve is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 178 m. The nearest named place is Roadside park Arenac co., a park 4.0 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 36 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
178 m

What to expect

Operated by
Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates43.93701, -83.89250

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Roadside park Arenac co.: 4.0 mi
  • Doc Letchfield Park: 6.3 mi
  • Hartwick Park: 6.6 mi
  • Roadside park Arenac County Omer: 7.0 mi
  • Point Au Gres Park: 11.3 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Museums: 4
Historic sites: 4
  • Larkin Baseball Memorial: 23.4 mi
  • Veterans Park War Memorial: 23.4 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Monument: 23.4 mi
  • Pontoon Alley: 24.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Lake Ogemaw Sand Bar: 22.9 mi
  • West Park Beach: 23.1 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Standish Historic Train: 4.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1019:48
June solstice05:5420:3821:22
September equinox07:2318:5719:35
December solstice08:0816:1417:01

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212232435565696860493828
Precip in1.61.41.53.33.53.52.93.52.62.72.41.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Standish 4NE, 5 mi away.

  • Common Snapping Turtle2 obs
  • common milkweed2 obs
  • pickerelweed2 obs
  • creeping thistle2 obs
  • sulphur cinquefoil2 obs
  • common reed2 obs
  • American Toad2 obs
  • water smartweed2 obs

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1040619405

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