Magoon Creek Nature Area
Magoon Creek Nature Area is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 190 m. Capper's Peak stands 298 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Sundling Park, a park 0.9 miles away. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 190 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Filer Charter Township
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sundling Park: 0.9 mi
- Canfield Lake Boating Access Site: 2.8 mi
- Rotary Park: 3.7 mi
- Lighthouse Park: 3.7 mi
- Sands Park: 3.8 mi
- Lake Bluff Bird Sanctuary: 7.2 mi
- Ludington State Park: 12.5 mi
- Portage Point Woods Preserve: 14.5 mi
- Bear Lake Public Access: 19.5 mi
- Inman Road Property: 19.6 mi
- Our Savior's Historical Museum: 4.2 mi
- Manistee County Historical Museum: 4.3 mi
- Epworth Assembly: 15.7 mi
- Sandcastles Children's Museum: 17.0 mi
- Port of Ludington Maritime Museum: 17.3 mi
- 1st Street Beach: 3.8 mi
- Fifth Avenue Beach: 4.1 mi
- North Beach: 5.3 mi
- Lakeshore Public Access Beach: 7.7 mi
- Hamlin Lake beach: 12.6 mi
- Community Cooperative: 13.1 mi
- Flights of Learning Sculpture: 17.0 mi
- Making Memories: 17.0 mi
- Follow the Leader: 17.3 mi
- Reflections: 17.3 mi
- United States Coast Guard Cutter Acacia: 5.2 mi
- SS City of Milwaukee: 5.2 mi
- Hoags Lake Day Use Area: 9.3 mi
- Udell Rollways Recreation Area: 15.1 mi
- Big Sable Point Lighthouse: 11.9 mi
- North Breakwater Light: 17.4 mi
- Udell Hills: 14.2 mi
- Capper's Peak: 15.0 mi
- Old Facefull: 17.2 mi
- Notipekago: 19.4 mi
- Ludington Rest Area 328: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Magoon Creek Nature Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capper's Peak | E 91° | 298 m | 15.0 mi |
| Udell Hills | E 88° | 237 m | 14.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:50 | 19:20 | 19:58 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:49 | 21:33 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:45 |
| December solstice | 08:19 | 16:22 | 17:10 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manistee 3SE, 4 mi away.
- Monarch7 obs
- common soapwort6 obs
- seaside pea6 obs
- Japanese barberry5 obs
- eastern white pine4 obs
- common bracken4 obs
- pinesap4 obs
- Bronzed Tiger Beetle4 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/927357715
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