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KI Sawyer Community Garden

KI Sawyer Community Garden from directly overhead

KI Sawyer Community Garden is a garden in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 356 m. Summit Mountain stands 571 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is K.I. Sawyer Heritage Air Museum, a museum 0.6 miles away. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Sawyer Community Alliance

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates46.32998, -87.37657

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks: 10
Waterfalls: 7
  • Cataract Dam Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Morgan Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Lower Carp Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Warner Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Morgan Meadows Falls: 13.9 mi
Attractions: 6
Historic sites: 6
  • D.S.S.&A. Ore Dock #1: 14.4 mi
  • Harlow Farms First Homestead: 15.0 mi
  • Jackson Mine Monument: 16.6 mi
  • Bartlett King: 19.3 mi
  • Forestville Fireplace: 20.7 mi
Beaches: 5
Cliffs: 4
Artworks: 3
Gardens: 3
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Marquette Welcome Center: 12.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Summit MountainNW 305°571 m14.7 mi
Wewe HillsNW 322°493 m11.1 mi
Green HillsW 271°467 m15.3 mi
Pilot KnobNW 309°457 m18.3 mi
Ragged HillsNNW 335°421 m11.2 mi
Kona HillsNNW 329°416 m11.8 mi
Hogback MountainNNW 344°372 m19.7 mi
Mount MarquetteN 355°337 m12.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5319:2220:02
June solstice05:5820:5921:46
September equinox07:3719:0919:49
December solstice08:3116:1517:06

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F171827385262676557443323
Precip in1.81.41.82.53.13.23.22.84.04.02.52.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — KI Sawyer Wwtp, under a mile away.

  • spotted knapweed4 obs
  • White-tailed Deer3 obs
  • Clay-colored Sparrow2 obs
  • Brown Trout2 obs
  • common bracken2 obs
  • wide leek2 obs
  • Biting Stonecrop2 obs
  • tamarack2 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1121899338

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