Marguerite Gahagan Nature Preserve
Marguerite Gahagan Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 348 m. Cote Dame Marie stands 456 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Roscommon Area Historical Society Museum, a museum 0.7 miles away. 130 named places lie within 25 miles, 51 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 348 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- HeadWaters Land Conservancy
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
130 named places within 25 miles
- Pioneer Ski Hill: 3.1 mi
- Sinkhole Hill: 3.1 mi
- Sixmile Hill: 4.1 mi
- Murray Hill: 5.5 mi
- Birch Hill: 6.0 mi
- Wallace Park: 1.1 mi
- Meads Landing: 1.9 mi
- Tisdale Triangle: 2.6 mi
- Steckert Bridge River Access: 3.0 mi
- South Higgins Lake State Park: 5.4 mi
- Oak stump: 11.0 mi
- Red Pine Tree: 11.0 mi
- GRavel Pit: 11.1 mi
- Big Oak Tree: 11.1 mi
- Wagon Train: 11.2 mi
- Roscommon Area Historical Society Museum: 0.7 mi
- Au Sable River Center: 1.0 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps Museum: 7.7 mi
- Wellington Farm Park: 10.4 mi
- Crawford County Historical Museum: 13.0 mi
- C.C.C. Worker: 7.7 mi
- Fort: 11.2 mi
- St Helens Vetrens manoument: 12.5 mi
- Veterans Monuments: 13.3 mi
- Frank Sabastian Smith House: 23.5 mi
- Nine Mile Hill Rest Area 434: 6.6 mi
- Grayling Rest Area 403: 9.8 mi
- Hartwick Pines Rest Area 404: 18.8 mi
- Na Wak Wa Club: 18.8 mi
- Black River Conservation Association: 21.4 mi
- Detroit Renegades Motorcycle Club: 22.9 mi
- Island Lake Day Use Area: 22.9 mi
- Loon Lake Day Use Area: 23.3 mi
- Pere Cheney: 6.3 mi
- Beach Area: 11.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Marguerite Gahagan Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cote Dame Marie | NW 309° | 456 m | 12.0 mi |
| Cleary Hill | WNW 299° | 446 m | 15.6 mi |
| Wagon Wheel Hill | E 97° | 445 m | 20.3 mi |
| Olsen Hill | NW 310° | 444 m | 11.5 mi |
| Taylor Hill | NW 313° | 439 m | 11.9 mi |
| Three Sisters Range | NW 313° | 431 m | 11.8 mi |
| Baldy | W 271° | 427 m | 21.1 mi |
| Bald Hill | NNE 20° | 426 m | 17.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:12 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:43 | 21:27 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 08:13 | 16:14 | 17:02 |
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 | 20 | 30 | 42 | 55 | 64 | 68 | 66 | 58 | 47 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Houghton Lake Roscommon CO AP, 10 mi away.
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit7 obs
- marsh marigold7 obs
- fringed polygala6 obs
- Polyphemus Moth5 obs
- interrupted clubmoss5 obs
- northern starflower4 obs
- Common Garter Snake3 obs
- red columbine3 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1040325535
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