Gibbs City
Gibbs City is a ghost town in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 452 m. Sheridan Hill stands 560 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Forests for the Future #14 Conservation Reserve, a nature reserve 1.8 miles away. Heritage Drive passes 25 miles off. 48 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.
human settlement in Michigan, United States of America
How to reach it
- 24.6 mi off the Heritage Drive
48 named places within 25 miles
- Sunset Lake Park: 8.5 mi
- Iron River Skate Park: 9.3 mi
- Ice Lake Park: 9.5 mi
- Hoover Park: 10.4 mi
- Larson Roadside Park: 11.1 mi
- Hoover Park Memorial: 10.4 mi
- Amasa High School Commemorative Plaque: 11.8 mi
- St. Mary Catholic Church Commemorative Plaque: 12.1 mi
- Lac Vieux Desert: 22.8 mi
- Wisconsin River Headwaters: 24.9 mi
- Sheridan Hill: 13.7 mi
- Haystack Mountain: 17.9 mi
- Military Hill: 21.2 mi
- Mount Kallio: 22.5 mi
- Big Rock: 24.8 mi
- Iron County Historical Museum: 11.5 mi
- Amasa Historical Museum: 12.0 mi
- Harbour House Museum: 19.7 mi
- Phelps Historical Museum: 21.6 mi
- Upper Bond Falls: 24.2 mi
- Bond Falls: 24.2 mi
- Norway Lake Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
- The Bluff: 19.8 mi
- Gateway Roadside Park: 24.3 mi
- Paulding Light: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gibbs City. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheridan Hill | S 181° | 560 m | 13.7 mi |
| Military Hill | WSW 239° | 560 m | 21.2 mi |
| Big Rock | WNW 293° | 448 m | 24.8 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | NNW 343° | 441 m | 17.9 mi |
| Mount Kallio | N 8° | 397 m | 22.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:59 | 19:28 | 20:07 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 21:04 | 21:51 |
| September equinox | 07:42 | 19:15 | 19:54 |
| December solstice | 08:35 | 16:21 | 17:12 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 11 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 51 | 60 | 65 | 62 | 55 | 42 | 30 | 18 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Amasa 1W, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
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