Fallasburg Covered Bridge
Fallasburg Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 206 m. Dias Hill stands 311 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Boy Scout Cabin Park, a park 2.1 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Fallasburg Bridge (alternatively Fallassburgh Bridge) is a 100-foot (30 m) span Brown truss covered bridge, erected in 1871 in Vergennes Township, Michigan, United States, 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Lowell on the Flat River. Carrying Covered Bridge Road across the Flat, it is located in the Fallasburg Historical District south of Whites Bridge and Smyrna. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and along with Whites Bridge, Langley Covered Bridge, and Zehnder's Holz Brucke, is one of only four Michigan covered bridges open to vehicle traffic.
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Dates from 1871.
Wikidata Q1394523, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Boy Scout Cabin Park: 2.1 mi
- White's Bridge Boating Access Site: 2.8 mi
- Wittenbach/Wege Agriscience & Environmental Education Center: 2.9 mi
- Richards Park: 3.2 mi
- Creekside Park: 3.3 mi
- Four Open Squares Horizontal Gyratory-Tapered: 13.0 mi
- Leaping Gazelle Fountain: 13.0 mi
- The Tribute: 13.0 mi
- Long Island Buddha: 13.0 mi
- Mad Mom: 13.0 mi
- Lowell Area Historical Museum: 3.3 mi
- Boston Saranac Historical Society: 6.7 mi
- Cannon Township Historical Museum: 8.8 mi
- Belding Museum: 9.6 mi
- Cascade Township Museum: 9.8 mi
- Wege Foundation Natural Area: 2.7 mi
- Cooper Woodland Presesrve: 3.1 mi
- Bradford Dickinson White Nature Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Carl Creek Wetlands Preserve: 10.3 mi
- Knapp Corner Preserve: 11.3 mi
- Ionia County Infirmary Burials Riverside Drive Site: 10.1 mi
- Kiddville Dam: 10.9 mi
- Sang Yoon: 13.5 mi
- Dolan Memorial: 14.2 mi
- The Castle: 16.8 mi
- Stargazer Gardens: 9.0 mi
- Heirloom Vegetable Patch: 12.9 mi
- Heirloom Vegetable Patch: 12.9 mi
- Bonsai Garden: 13.0 mi
- Zen-Style Garden: 13.1 mi
- Mixed Oak Forest: 2.6 mi
- Pine Plantation: 2.9 mi
- Equestrian Confidence Course: 10.9 mi
- Sawtooth Drop: 15.8 mi
- Wynalda Flow Trails Hub: 15.9 mi
- Buena Vista Hill: 11.9 mi
- Cheney Hills: 20.5 mi
- Dias Hill: 20.7 mi
- Bettes Tower Hill: 23.9 mi
- Saranac Rest Area 532: 11.0 mi
- Rockford Rest Area 525: 17.3 mi
- Fishing Beach: 19.9 mi
- Millennium Park Beach: 21.6 mi
- Ada Covered Bridge: 8.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fallasburg Covered Bridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dias Hill | SW 232° | 311 m | 20.7 mi |
| Cheney Hills | NNW 335° | 291 m | 20.5 mi |
| Bettes Tower Hill | WNW 301° | 260 m | 23.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:45 | 19:16 | 19:54 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:41 | 21:25 |
| September equinox | 07:29 | 19:03 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 08:10 | 16:24 | 17:10 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grand Rapids, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 72000627OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Fallasburg Covered Bridge, reference 72000627, listed 03/16/72.
OpenStreetMap element way/1300527114
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