Buck Falls Ranch
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Buck Falls Ranch is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 246 m. Rattlesnake Hills stands 372 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Forest, a park 2.4 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Forest: 2.4 mi
- Ocqueoc Falls Bicentennial Pathway: 4.2 mi
- Millersburg Detroit & Mackinac Railroad Depot: 5.0 mi
- Russell Memorial Village Park: 5.1 mi
- Edna Lound Recreational Park: 5.2 mi
- Browning Farm: 9.4 mi
- Henry & Margaret "Peggy" Hoffman: 12.6 mi
- The Bunkhouse Gift Shop: 12.6 mi
- Michigan Historic Site: 12.6 mi
- Huron Dune Roadside Park: 14.1 mi
- DNR Onaway Field Office: 5.2 mi
- Porcupine Run Nature Preserve: 9.4 mi
- Caroline and Willis Brown Nature Preserve: 11.6 mi
- Cain's Creek Swamp Nature Preserve: 12.0 mi
- G.C. Nature Preserve: 16.6 mi
- Black Bear: 5.3 mi
- President Abraham Lincoln head sculpture: 5.4 mi
- Statue of Liberty head sculpture: 5.5 mi
- Onaway Steers the World: 5.5 mi
- President Gerald Ford head sculpture: 5.5 mi
- Lobdell Administration Building: 5.3 mi
- Landing Field Concrete Marker: 8.2 mi
- Moltke Maize Maze, LLC: 8.5 mi
- Knaebe's Apple Farm & Ciderworks: 11.0 mi
- Sturgeon for Tomorrow: 11.3 mi
- Millersburg Detroit & Mackinac Railroad Depot Museum: 5.0 mi
- Onaway Historical Museum: 5.2 mi
- Great Lakes Lore Maritime Museum: 15.3 mi
- Presque Isle County Historical Museum: 15.3 mi
- Presque Isle County Historical Museum - Hoffman Annex: 15.4 mi
- Black Mountain: 11.3 mi
- Blats Hill: 18.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Hills: 23.2 mi
- Griswold Mountain: 24.0 mi
- Doriva Beach: 11.3 mi
- The Beach at Canada Creek Ranch: 14.7 mi
- Devoe Beach: 23.9 mi
- Suicide Awareness and Healing Garden: 15.3 mi
- Sunrise Side Community Garden: 15.4 mi
- Ocqueoc Falls: 3.6 mi
- Forty Mile Point Light: 12.6 mi
- Hagensville: 17.3 mi
- Topinabee Rest Area 407: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buck Falls Ranch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rattlesnake Hills | SSW 196° | 372 m | 23.2 mi |
| Blats Hill | W 272° | 294 m | 18.7 mi |
| Griswold Mountain | W 278° | 269 m | 24.0 mi |
| Black Mountain | NW 325° | 263 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:10 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:43 | 21:29 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 08:14 | 16:07 | 16:57 |
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 | 19 | 21 | 30 | 42 | 54 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Onaway 4N, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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