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Timm Preserve

Timm Preserve from directly overhead

Timm Preserve is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 244 m. Bald Hill stands 334 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Klinger Lake Public Access, a park 2.8 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 22 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
244 m

What to expect

Operated by
St. Joseph County

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.84197, -85.56979

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums: 18
  • Sue Silliman House Museum: 7.7 mi
  • Sturgis Historical Society Museum: 8.1 mi
  • Shipshewana Area Historical: 11.3 mi
  • Menno-Hof: 11.9 mi
  • Middlebury Community Historical: 13.4 mi
Gardens: 14
Picnic sites: 9
Historic sites: 8
  • Wahbememe Historical Monument: 5.7 mi
  • Dr. Nathan Thomas House: 19.2 mi
  • Dr. David Rogers: 20.0 mi
  • Time Capsule 2027: 23.0 mi
  • Sinclair Service Station: 23.3 mi
Artworks: 7
Peaks: 6
Attractions: 3
  • Leo J. Burch Park: 19.4 mi
  • Year Round Golf: 20.3 mi
  • Confluence of The Little Elkhart and St. Joseph Rivers: 23.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area Trucks Only: 8.1 mi
  • Builders Association-Elkhart,: 24.0 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Wall Lake Beach: 20.4 mi
  • Dallas Lake Beach: 21.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillWNW 300°334 m15.1 mi
Mount MiseryNW 306°317 m13.1 mi
Knob HillSE 140°316 m17.2 mi
The KnobsS 176°292 m24.6 mi
Colon MountainNE 55°287 m12.4 mi
Mt. PumpkinSW 216°287 m19.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:1819:55
June solstice06:0820:3921:22
September equinox07:3019:0519:41
December solstice08:0716:3017:15

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475968717063513929
Precip in2.82.12.33.44.44.14.03.93.63.73.02.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Three Rivers, 7 mi away.

  • Pied-billed Grebe3 obs
  • Canada Goose3 obs
  • Spicebush Swallowtail3 obs
  • Lesser Yellowlegs2 obs
  • Mute Swan2 obs
  • Northern Pintail2 obs
  • Wood Duck2 obs
  • Brewer's Blackbird2 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/1041131183

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