Metcalf Lake Natural Area
Metcalf Lake Natural Area is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 273 m. Dixon Hall stands 332 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Pennfield Bog Nature Sanctuary, a nature reserve 4.6 miles away. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Calhoun Conservation District
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Long Lake Boating Access Site: 4.9 mi
- Fell Park: 5.6 mi
- Cross Wellington Courts: 5.6 mi
- Bristol Lake Boating Access Site: 5.6 mi
- Fine Lake Boating Access Site: 5.9 mi
- Full Blast: 7.3 mi
- Harmonia: 9.1 mi
- Harmonia Again: 9.2 mi
- 2nd Stream: 9.4 mi
- 1st St.: 9.4 mi
- Kingman Museum: 6.1 mi
- Leila Park Children's Garden: 6.3 mi
- Historic Adventist Village: 6.6 mi
- Battle Creek Regional History Museum: 6.9 mi
- Kimball House Museum: 7.0 mi
- What's Next World?: 5.8 mi
- Compass Pole Monument: 7.0 mi
- Wind-Driven Rotating Mobile: 7.0 mi
- Friendship Park Stone Marker: 7.1 mi
- The Creek: 7.2 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 6.8 mi
- Dyer Kiln: 8.0 mi
- Union Monument: 16.7 mi
- Orangeville Veterans' Memorial: 18.7 mi
- Rose Park Veteran's Memorial: 21.7 mi
- The Hogback: 11.5 mi
- Baird Hill: 19.4 mi
- Graves Hill: 20.5 mi
- Dixon Hall: 22.8 mi
- Jerusalem Hills: 23.9 mi
- Battle Creek Rest Area: 11.2 mi
- Turkeyville Rest Area 722: 11.8 mi
- Marshall Rest Area: 16.8 mi
- Galesburg Rest Area: 16.9 mi
- Alamo Rest Area 709: 24.7 mi
- Community Garden: 6.1 mi
- Memorial Tree Garden: 19.7 mi
- Bell's Beer Garden: 22.0 mi
- Middleville Community Gardens: 25.0 mi
- Willard Beach: 9.3 mi
- Fishing Beach: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Metcalf Lake Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dixon Hall | SSE 161° | 332 m | 22.8 mi |
| Jerusalem Hills | E 96° | 297 m | 23.9 mi |
| Baird Hill | NW 308° | 294 m | 19.4 mi |
| Stony Point Hill | SSE 160° | 286 m | 24.6 mi |
| The Hogback | WNW 289° | 282 m | 11.5 mi |
| Graves Hill | NW 312° | 280 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:45 | 19:16 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 20:39 | 21:22 |
| September equinox | 07:29 | 19:03 | 19:40 |
| December solstice | 08:08 | 16:26 | 17:12 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 37 | 48 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Battle Creek 5NW, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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