Grass Island
Grass Island is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 177 m. Hickey Hill stands 306 m to the south-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Mich-e-ke-wis Park, a park 0.8 miles away. 135 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Michigan Nature Association
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
135 named places within 25 miles
- Mich-e-ke-wis Park: 0.8 mi
- Starlite Beach: 0.9 mi
- Blair Street Park: 1.1 mi
- Thomson Park: 1.3 mi
- Bay View Park: 1.6 mi
- Blair Street Pier Rock Mural: 1.0 mi
- Saint John the Baptist: 1.4 mi
- Hello Alpena: 1.7 mi
- Lasting Expressions Mural: 1.8 mi
- Risk Being Seen in All Your Glory: 1.8 mi
- Alpena Field Office: 5.2 mi
- North Point Nature Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Misery Bay Nature Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Crooked Island: 7.4 mi
- Morris Bay Nature Sanctuary: 9.0 mi
- Lady Michigan: 2.2 mi
- Spaceship Simulator: 6.8 mi
- Sanborn Fishing Pier: 7.7 mi
- Bell Village Chimney: 14.8 mi
- Bruski Sinkhole: 17.0 mi
- The Daniel Carter Family: 1.9 mi
- George N. Fletcher Commemorative Marker: 1.9 mi
- St. Bernard Catholic Church: 2.0 mi
- Alpena County Courthouse: 2.3 mi
- Ossineke Veterans Memorial: 9.3 mi
- Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center: 2.3 mi
- Besser Museum: 3.2 mi
- Presque Isle Township Museum: 22.3 mi
- Manning Hill: 13.7 mi
- Hickey Hill: 15.1 mi
- Mount Maria: 20.2 mi
- Starlite Beach: 0.9 mi
- Bebe Beach: 7.6 mi
- Alpena Light: 1.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Grass Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickey Hill | SSW 203° | 306 m | 15.1 mi |
| Mount Maria | SSW 195° | 282 m | 20.2 mi |
| Manning Hill | W 278° | 280 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:07 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 20:40 | 21:25 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:10 | 16:06 | 16:55 |
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 | 20 | 21 | 29 | 40 | 52 | 62 | 68 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alpena Wwtp, 2 mi away.
- Great Egret86 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel79 obs
- Double-crested Cormorant77 obs
- American Herring Gull63 obs
- Ring-billed Gull52 obs
- Great Blue Heron19 obs
- European Starling18 obs
- Striped Skunk16 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/268938430
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