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Clear Lake State Park

Clear Lake State Park from directly overhead

Clear Lake State Park is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 265 m. Comstock Hills stands 439 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Northern Pine Roadside Park, a park 1.4 miles away. 104 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates45.12547, -84.18225

104 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 52
  • Northern Pine Roadside Park: 1.4 mi
  • Tibbits Landing: 4.0 mi
  • Rush Lake Public Access: 4.4 mi
  • Briley Township Ski Trail Parking Area: 8.4 mi
  • Briley Township Park: 8.6 mi
Peaks: 6
Museums: 3
Beaches: 1
  • The Beach at Canada Creek Ranch: 4.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
Springs: 1
  • Boiling Springs: 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Vanderbilt Rest Area 406: 24.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Comstock HillsSSW 200°439 m19.7 mi
Rosecrans HillSW 228°415 m24.8 mi
Rattlesnake HillsSW 224°372 m5.8 mi
Old Baldy HillSW 223°363 m8.1 mi
Blats HillNW 319°294 m24.8 mi
Manning HillE 101°280 m23.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1019:49
June solstice05:5020:4321:28
September equinox07:2418:5719:36
December solstice08:1316:0916:58

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F181929415363686659463425

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Atlanta 5 WNW, 7 mi away.

  • Jack pine18 obs
  • lowbush blueberry16 obs
  • Pumpkinseed9 obs
  • Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel9 obs
  • Smallmouth Bass8 obs
  • Rock Bass7 obs
  • bearberry6 obs
  • British soldier lichen6 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.

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OpenStreetMap element way/424471493

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