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Ludington State Park

Ludington State Park from directly overhead

Ludington State Park is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 190 m. Capper's Peak stands 298 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Hamlin Lake beach, a beach 0.3 miles away. 95 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates44.03463, -86.48607

95 named places within 25 miles

Museums: 8
Beaches: 6
  • Hamlin Lake beach: 0.3 mi
  • The First Curve: 2.9 mi
  • 1st Street Beach: 16.3 mi
  • Fifth Avenue Beach: 16.6 mi
  • North Beach: 17.8 mi
Artworks: 6
Peaks: 4
  • Udell Hills: 23.1 mi
  • Capper's Peak: 23.3 mi
  • Sunset Hill: 23.6 mi
  • Test Hill: 23.8 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Notipekago: 14.9 mi
  • Oceana County Veterans Monument: 23.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Ludington Rest Area 328: 12.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Hoags Lake Day Use Area: 16.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Capper's PeakENE 62°298 m23.3 mi
Udell HillsENE 59°237 m23.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5019:2019:58
June solstice06:0420:4921:33
September equinox07:3419:0719:45
December solstice08:1816:2417:11

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232533445564686760483828

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ludington 4 SE, 10 mi away.

  • Monarch50 obs
  • hairy puccoon34 obs
  • Mallard33 obs
  • White-tailed Deer33 obs
  • Jack pine28 obs
  • Ghost Pipe26 obs
  • common milkweed25 obs
  • American cancer-root24 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/230343076

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