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Government 80 Conservation Area

Government 80 Conservation Area from directly overhead

Government 80 Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 290 m. Dixon Hall stands 332 m to the southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Climax Village Park, a park 2.5 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Calhoun Conservation District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.25648, -85.29373

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Climax Village Park: 2.5 mi
  • Woodland Park and Nature Preserve: 3.0 mi
  • Cold Brook County Park: 3.1 mi
  • Parade Grounds: 4.8 mi
  • Le Ferre Lake Public Access: 5.0 mi
Attractions: 33
  • Deliverance: 4.1 mi
  • Granny's Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Frog Holler: 4.1 mi
  • Cardiac Bypass: 4.3 mi
  • DOA: 4.3 mi
Museums: 15
Artworks: 13
  • Wind-Driven Rotating Mobile: 7.1 mi
  • Compass Pole Monument: 7.1 mi
  • The Creek: 7.1 mi
  • Sojourner Truth Memorial: 7.1 mi
  • Friendship Park Stone Marker: 7.2 mi
Historic sites: 12
Rest areas: 5
Peaks: 4
Gardens: 3
  • Community Garden: 8.1 mi
  • Bell's Beer Garden: 14.8 mi
  • God's Garden: 16.6 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Willard Beach: 4.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Government 80 Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dixon HallSE 128°332 m16.4 mi
Colon MountainS 190°287 m21.9 mi
Stony Point HillSE 130°286 m18.2 mi
The HogbackNNW 341°282 m16.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:1719:53
June solstice06:0620:3921:22
September equinox07:2919:0319:40
December solstice08:0816:2717:13

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242636485969737164524030
Precip in1.61.21.72.93.73.43.43.43.23.62.11.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Battle Creek Kellogg AP, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1093163281

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