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Forests for the Future #4 Conservation Reserve

Forests for the Future #4 Conservation Reserve from directly overhead

Forests for the Future #4 Conservation Reserve is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 489 m. Mount Curwood stands 600 m to the northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Kallio, a peak 4.9 miles away. 42 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy
Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates46.50081, -88.55712

42 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 11
Waterfalls: 9
  • Tibbets Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Canyon Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Ogemaw Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Tioga Park Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Sturgeon Falls: 11.8 mi
Peaks: 6
Museums: 6
Picnic sites: 2
Historic sites: 2
  • Amasa High School Commemorative Plaque: 19.1 mi
  • St. Mary Catholic Church Commemorative Plaque: 19.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Forests for the Future #4 Conservation Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CurwoodNE 47°600 m20.6 mi
Haystack MountainW 261°441 m12.2 mi
Silver MountainNW 323°398 m14.4 mi
Mount KallioNW 313°397 m4.9 mi
Limestone MountainNNW 342°339 m22.2 mi
Little MountainNNE 15°336 m15.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5819:2720:07
June solstice06:0221:0521:51
September equinox07:4219:1419:54
December solstice08:3616:1917:10

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131626385262656456443119
Precip in1.81.21.53.03.43.23.71.93.83.32.21.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Covington 1nnw, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1122692493

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