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Totem Pole

Totem Pole from directly overhead

Totem Pole is an artwork in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 256 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Fenner Nature Center, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 126 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
wood

How to reach it

Coordinates42.70851, -84.51680

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Victoria: 1.8 mi
  • Earvin "Magic" Johnson: 1.8 mi
  • Rooster Square: 2.0 mi
  • REO Town Sign: 2.1 mi
  • Spartan Statue: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves: 45
  • Fenner Nature Center: 0.1 mi
  • Bear Lake Natural Area: 1.0 mi
  • Red Cedar Natural Area: 1.5 mi
  • Baker Woodlot and Rachana Rajendra Neotropical Migrant Bird Sanctuary: 2.2 mi
  • Sanford Natural Area: 2.8 mi
Historic sites: 44
  • Potter Park: 1.3 mi
  • Ransom Eli Olds Monument: 2.2 mi
  • Botanical Laboratory: 2.3 mi
  • Saints' Rest: 2.4 mi
  • Justin S. Morrill Hall of Agriculture: 2.4 mi
Gardens: 27
  • Backyard Gardens: 0.7 mi
  • Sensory Gardens: 0.7 mi
  • TillUtopia: 1.2 mi
  • Lilac Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Poppin Fresh Community Garden: 1.3 mi
Museums: 20
Rest areas: 9
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 3.9 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 3.9 mi
  • Okemos Rest Area 811: 6.0 mi
  • Potterville Rest Area 829: 11.3 mi
  • Grand Ledge Rest Area 825: 11.8 mi
Attractions: 8
Picnic sites: 7
Peaks: 6
Beaches: 4
  • Bitcoin Beach North: 17.0 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 17.1 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 17.2 mi
  • Clinton Lakes Dog Beach: 24.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Teaspoon HillSSE 166°320 m16.2 mi
Jerusalem HillsSSW 205°297 m24.4 mi
Holibaugh HillsSSW 203°296 m22.0 mi
Mount NethawayNE 54°267 m21.7 mi
Hog IslandENE 61°259 m22.6 mi
Bradshaw HillNNE 13°238 m24.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1319:50
June solstice06:0120:3721:20
September equinox07:2619:0019:37
December solstice08:0616:2217:08

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252736485969727164524030
Precip in2.11.61.73.64.43.83.43.43.23.12.61.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — East Lansing 4 S, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6900981487

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