Huron Shores Roadside Park
Huron Shores Roadside Park is a historic site in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 178 m. Blats Hill stands 294 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake Huron, a historic site 4.3 miles away. 222 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Michigan Department of Transportation
How to reach it
222 named places within 25 miles
- Grant Township Park: 8.6 mi
- Benton Township Park: 9.7 mi
- Long Lake Boat Launch: 11.1 mi
- James Felix Merchant Neighborhood Park: 11.1 mi
- Gordon Turner Park: 11.9 mi
- Lake Huron: 4.3 mi
- Huron Dune Roadside Park: 4.4 mi
- Cheboygan Point Light #592: 9.7 mi
- Henry & Margaret "Peggy" Hoffman: 18.3 mi
- The Bunkhouse Gift Shop: 18.3 mi
- Reeds Alverno Nature Preserve: 9.0 mi
- Caroline and Willis Brown Nature Preserve: 9.9 mi
- Cain's Creek Swamp Nature Preserve: 10.4 mi
- Donnie Doan and Dee Engwis Families Nature Preserve: 10.4 mi
- Vosper Nature Preserve: 11.1 mi
- Shimmy: 12.1 mi
- Lake Huron: 12.1 mi
- Owl Majestic (aka "Hootie Owl"): 12.1 mi
- Bald Eagle Catching Fish: 13.9 mi
- Walter Philip Ruether sculpture: 14.8 mi
- Sturgeon for Tomorrow: 11.8 mi
- Nautical North Family Adventures: 12.2 mi
- Landing Field Concrete Marker: 13.6 mi
- Lifeboat: 18.3 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 18.3 mi
- Sheriff’s House & Jail: 12.5 mi
- Native American Log Cabin: 12.5 mi
- The History Center of Cheboygan County: 12.5 mi
- Spies Heritage Hall: 12.5 mi
- Onaway Historical Museum: 19.2 mi
- Black Mountain: 8.2 mi
- Heilman Hill: 21.7 mi
- Blats Hill: 21.7 mi
- Griswold Mountain: 23.6 mi
- Fort Hill: 24.4 mi
- Mesochosm Area: 22.5 mi
- Secret Garden: 24.3 mi
- Suicide Awareness and Healing Garden: 24.5 mi
- Sunrise Side Community Garden: 24.6 mi
- Doriva Beach: 9.9 mi
- Sandy Cove: 23.8 mi
- Devoe Beach: 24.8 mi
- Hebron Rest Area 408: 20.0 mi
- Topinabee Rest Area 407: 21.0 mi
- Forty Mile Point Light: 18.2 mi
- Ocqueoc Falls: 18.4 mi
- Dwightwood Springs: 23.8 mi
- Arch Rock: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Huron Shores Roadside Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blats Hill | SW 221° | 294 m | 21.7 mi |
| Griswold Mountain | SW 234° | 269 m | 23.6 mi |
| Black Mountain | SSW 193° | 263 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:10 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 20:45 | 21:31 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 18:57 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 08:15 | 16:06 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 20 | 28 | 40 | 52 | 62 | 68 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cheboygan, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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