Location:	South East Michigan
Average Snowfall:	40 - 60 inches
Fall Color Season:	Middle October

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Albion College

Albion offers the finest of liberal arts educations, enabling students to understand the interconnected nature of knowledge and of life, while preparing them for rewarding and fulfilling careers and lives of meaning and purpose.

Harvest Festival

It's a family fun day and admission is FREE. Events include fresh produce booths, craft booths, antiques booths, food, kid's activities, entertainment, agricultural exhibits, horse drawn wagon rides, small carnival rides, petting zoo, "olde tyme" kid's games, sawmill demo, horse pulling competition, wood carving & wood burning, wool spinning, live music and much more...

Crane's Fest

Festival dedicated to Artists and Sand Crane Lovers alike. This festival is sponsored by the Michigan Audubon Society's First Sanctuary and is held in October.

Festival of the Forks

The Festival is named after the forks of the Kalamazoo River's east and south branches. When Albion was first settled in 1835 at this river site, it was known as the "Forks." Always the third (3rd) weekend in September. The Festival has been celebrated each year since 1966. Downtown Albion, Michigan and the beautiful parks flanking the banks of the Kalamazoo River.

Festival of Lights

The six-week holiday-lighting extravaganza in greater Battle Creek, Michigan, features over one million sparkling lights, special events, lighting displays, and entertainment.

Golf Courses

• Binder Park - Playing Binder Park Golf Course presents a dilemma - which nine to play! The rolling Preserve? The scenic Marsh? The wooded beauty of the Natural? Answer......play all 27
• Marywood Golf Club - Founded in 1926, it was designed by the architect Maurice McCarthy. He used rolling, wooded terrain to make natural challenges on the course. With a slope of 132 from the blue tees, Marywood is a test for players of all levels.
• Bedford Valley - The fourth, of the five Gull Lake View courses was designed in 1965 by William Mitchell and was purchased by the Scott Family in 1988. This 18 hole facility has always been one of Michigan's most frequent championship sites. The classic design is known locally as "The Big Course" with its huge greens, large bunkers and fairways lined with mighty oaks.

Cities you can visit in Calhoun County, Michigan

Albion, Athens Township, Battle Creek, Bedford Township, Burlington Township, Ceresco, Clarence Township, Clarendon Township, Convis Township, East Leroy, Eckford Township, Emmett Township, Fredonia Township, Homer Township, Lee Township, Leroy Township, Marengo Township, Marshall, Newton Township, Pennfield Township, Sheridan Township, Springfield, Tekonsha Township, Union City (part)