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Marshall Nature Area

Marshall Nature Area from directly overhead

Marshall Nature Area is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 270 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Tom A. Freeman Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 28 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Ann Arbor
Access
Yes
Fee
No
Step-free access
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.31390, -83.66639
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Artworks
Attractions
Historic sites: 58
Gardens: 45
  • The Labyrinth: 0.7 mi
  • Marie Azary Rock Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Medicinal Plant Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Matthaei Botanical Gardens Display Gardens: 1.1 mi
  • Commons: 1.1 mi
Museums: 40
Picnic sites: 37
  • Picnic Grove: 1.0 mi
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 2.9 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
  • Placeway Bridge Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
Peaks: 21
  • Prospect Hill: 13.7 mi
  • Peach Mountain: 14.5 mi
  • Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 14.8 mi
  • Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South): 17.1 mi
  • Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North): 17.2 mi
Beaches: 16
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 14.0 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 14.8 mi
  • Maple Beach: 15.3 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 16.0 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 18.1 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 5.1 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 9.9 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 17.0 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 24.6 mi
  • Howell Rest Area 812: 25.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNW 335°405 m17.1 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NNW 335°399 m17.2 mi
Mount KanzerN 10°351 m21.5 mi
Mount OmichN 11°347 m22.2 mi
Cassidy KameW 277°344 m21.4 mi
Teeple HillNNE 15°336 m22.7 mi
Peak 1083NNE 15°330 m22.8 mi
Big KameW 281°328 m21.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1019:47
June solstice05:5920:3321:16
September equinox07:2318:5719:34
December solstice08:0116:2017:06

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242736485968727063513929
Precip in3.02.52.83.43.83.93.53.53.23.02.82.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ANN Arbor U OF Mich, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Garter Snake185 obs
  • Pharaoh Cicada169 obs
  • White-tailed Deer133 obs
  • Green Frog131 obs
  • Great Spangled Fritillary114 obs
  • Painted Turtle111 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage97 obs
  • Monarch95 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/376477066

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