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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. 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: 28
  • 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
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Willard Beach: 15.0 mi
Gardens: 1

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 HallSSW332 m13.7 mi
Jerusalem HillsNE297 m12.3 mi
Holibaugh HillsNE296 m14.8 mi
Stony Point HillSSW286 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 50–80 °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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