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Marshall Rest Area

Marshall Rest Area from directly overhead

Marshall Rest Area is a rest area in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 280 m. Dixon Hall stands 332 m to the south-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Holt-Rice Creek Property, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 159 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

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Michigan Department of Transportation

How to reach it

Coordinates42.28373, -84.91367

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions: 29
  • Full Blast: 14.1 mi
  • Trail Map Kiosk: 18.6 mi
  • 2nd Stream: 20.7 mi
  • Harmonia: 20.7 mi
  • 1st Stream: 20.8 mi
Museums: 17
  • American Museum of Magic: 2.4 mi
  • Honolulu House: 2.7 mi
  • Brueckner Museum: 6.0 mi
  • Gardner House Museum: 8.7 mi
  • Kimball House Museum: 13.6 mi
Artworks: 7
  • The Rock: 9.1 mi
  • Sojourner Truth Memorial: 13.8 mi
  • Friendship Park Stone Marker: 13.9 mi
  • The Creek: 14.0 mi
  • What's Next World?: 14.1 mi
Peaks: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Turkeyville Rest Area 722: 5.1 mi
  • Battle Creek Rest Area: 15.7 mi
  • Sandstone Rest Area 819: 21.5 mi
Historic sites: 2
Gardens: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Willard Beach: 15.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dixon HallSSW 209°332 m13.7 mi
Jerusalem HillsNE 54°297 m12.3 mi
Holibaugh HillsNE 52°296 m14.8 mi
Stony Point HillSSW 202°286 m14.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:1519:52
June solstice06:0420:3821:20
September equinox07:2819:0219:39
December solstice08:0616:2617:11

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242636485969737164524030
Precip in1.61.21.72.93.73.43.43.43.23.62.11.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Battle Creek Kellogg AP, 17 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/291227584

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