Picnic Rocks Beach
Picnic Rocks Beach is a beach in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 184 m. Summit Mountain stands 571 m to the west-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is McCarty Cove, a park 0.2 miles away. 133 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.
The story
Park in Marquette County, Michigan, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49542352, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 184 m
How to reach it
133 named places within 25 miles
- McCarty Cove: 0.2 mi
- Shiras Park: 0.3 mi
- Shiras Park at Picnic Rocks: 0.4 mi
- Williams Park: 0.4 mi
- Ellwood A Mattson Lower Harbor Park: 0.6 mi
- Morgan Falls: 4.2 mi
- Lower Carp Falls: 4.5 mi
- Lower Morgan Meadows Falls: 5.1 mi
- Morgan Meadows Falls: 5.2 mi
- Little Garlic Falls: 12.4 mi
- Mount Marquette: 2.7 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Hogback Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Ragged Hills: 6.9 mi
- Kona Hills: 7.8 mi
- Marquette Maritime Museum: 0.3 mi
- Marquette Regional History Center: 1.0 mi
- Upper Peninsula Children's Museum: 1.0 mi
- Michigan Iron Industry Museum: 9.0 mi
- Negaunee Historical Society Museum: 11.2 mi
- McClintock Annex: 0.6 mi
- Fire Bell: 0.7 mi
- Lower Harbor Ore Dock: 0.8 mi
- Abandoned Soviet Transport IL-76: 14.3 mi
- Lockheed T-33: 14.3 mi
- Dead River Beach: 1.7 mi
- Middle Bay Beach: 2.4 mi
- Hidden Beach: 6.4 mi
- Teal Lake Beach: 11.3 mi
- Mino-kwe jiigibiik: 24.6 mi
- Harlow Farms First Homestead: 2.3 mi
- Bartlett King: 5.2 mi
- Forestville Fireplace: 7.7 mi
- Jackson Mine Monument: 10.9 mi
- Site of Barnes-Hecker Mine Disaster: 19.3 mi
- NMU Hoop House: 1.4 mi
- Marquette Community Gardens: 2.3 mi
- Incubator Community Garden: 14.2 mi
- KI Sawyer Community Garden: 15.2 mi
- Black Rocks: 2.9 mi
- Migisy Bluff: 3.7 mi
- The Cut: 5.4 mi
- Last Bluff: 14.6 mi
- Marquette Harbor Lighthouse: 0.3 mi
- Breakwater Light: 1.6 mi
- Father Marquette Statue: 1.0 mi
- Lakenenland: 11.5 mi
- Marquette Welcome Center: 3.3 mi
- Thomas Rock Natural Area: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Picnic Rocks Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Mountain | WSW 240° | 571 m | 13.8 mi |
| Wewe Hills | SW 226° | 493 m | 9.3 mi |
| Green Hills | SW 225° | 467 m | 21.3 mi |
| Pilot Knob | WSW 255° | 457 m | 14.7 mi |
| Ragged Hills | SW 222° | 421 m | 6.9 mi |
| Kona Hills | SW 229° | 416 m | 7.8 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | NW 306° | 372 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Marquette | SSW 200° | 337 m | 2.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:53 | 19:22 | 20:02 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 21:00 | 21:47 |
| September equinox | 07:37 | 19:09 | 19:49 |
| December solstice | 08:31 | 16:14 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 20 | 28 | 38 | 50 | 59 | 66 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marquette, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1107554452
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