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Wanondoger Creek Preserve

Wanondoger Creek Preserve from directly overhead

Wanondoger Creek Preserve is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 252 m. Dixon Hall stands 332 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is McAllister Road Property, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy
Access
Permitted

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.36688, -85.13044

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions: 44
  • Full Blast: 4.4 mi
  • Harmonia: 9.6 mi
  • 2nd Stream: 9.8 mi
  • Harmonia Again: 9.8 mi
  • 1st Stream: 9.9 mi
Museums: 17
Artworks: 11
  • What's Next World?: 3.2 mi
  • Friendship Park Stone Marker: 4.2 mi
  • Compass Pole Monument: 4.2 mi
  • The Creek: 4.3 mi
  • Wind-Driven Rotating Mobile: 4.3 mi
Historic sites: 9
Peaks: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Turkeyville Rest Area 722: 7.5 mi
  • Battle Creek Rest Area: 8.5 mi
  • Marshall Rest Area: 12.5 mi
  • Galesburg Rest Area: 17.3 mi
Gardens: 3
Beaches: 1
  • Willard Beach: 6.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dixon HallSSE 166°332 m18.3 mi
Jerusalem HillsE 86°297 m21.1 mi
Holibaugh HillsE 82°296 m23.0 mi
Baird HillNW 311°294 m24.0 mi
Stony Point HillSSE 164°286 m20.0 mi
The HogbackWNW 300°282 m15.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:1619:53
June solstice06:0520:3921:22
September equinox07:2919:0319:40
December solstice08:0716:2617:12

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252737486068727063524030
Precip in2.11.61.93.24.03.73.43.53.13.72.51.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Battle Creek 5NW, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1093137710

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