Picnic Island
Picnic Island is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 260 m. Briar Hill stands 410 m to the south, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Island, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 260 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Long Lake Township
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Long Island: 0.4 mi
- Timbers Recreation Area: 0.7 mi
- Bullhead Lake Natural Area: 1.0 mi
- Carter Strong Nature Sanctuary: 2.3 mi
- Fisher's Run: 2.4 mi
- Haywood Park: 1.0 mi
- Crescent Shores Boat Launch Site: 1.1 mi
- Taylor Park: 1.2 mi
- Westfield Meadows Park: 1.4 mi
- Gilbert Park: 1.4 mi
- Frida Kahlo: 6.1 mi
- Boardman Serenade: 6.4 mi
- May You Always Know the Truth and See the Light Surrounding You: 6.4 mi
- Serenity's Muse: 6.4 mi
- Eagletown: 6.4 mi
- Exodus Hill: 3.1 mi
- Gallagher Hill: 3.3 mi
- Hickory Hill: 4.9 mi
- McCrea Hill: 5.1 mi
- Morgan Hill: 5.3 mi
- Lake Ann Historical Society Museum: 4.8 mi
- Dennos Museum Center: 8.2 mi
- Music House Museum: 13.4 mi
- Old-Time Necessities Building: 15.7 mi
- Toy Box & Post Office: 15.8 mi
- The Cistern: 5.2 mi
- World's Largest Cherry Pie - Pan: 6.1 mi
- Suspendend Overlook: 6.5 mi
- Rope Swing: 6.9 mi
- S-Curve: 12.8 mi
- Gravesite of Traverse Colantha Walker: 5.2 mi
- Grand Traverse Veterans Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 6.5 mi
- St. Francis A.D. 1887: 6.5 mi
- Larry Cole Hardy: 6.8 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 5.1 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 5.1 mi
- Traverse City Community Garden: 5.1 mi
- Koeze Stable Garden: 5.2 mi
- Secret Garden: 5.2 mi
- West End Beach: 6.2 mi
- Peterson Road Beach: 17.4 mi
- Beulah Beach: 18.5 mi
- South Beach: 19.8 mi
- North Beach: 20.1 mi
- Dodge Spring: 11.3 mi
- Marl Springs: 15.5 mi
- Chuck Wagon: 6.0 mi
- Jacktown: 12.1 mi
- Empire Bluffs: 16.5 mi
- Benzonia Roadside Park: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Picnic Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briar Hill | S 170° | 410 m | 23.5 mi |
| Exodus Hill | NE 40° | 370 m | 3.1 mi |
| Gallagher Hill | NNE 19° | 355 m | 3.3 mi |
| Varney Hill | WNW 296° | 337 m | 7.1 mi |
| Champion Hill | WSW 246° | 337 m | 15.0 mi |
| Twin Mountains | S 191° | 332 m | 12.5 mi |
| Crystal Mountain | SW 220° | 332 m | 19.0 mi |
| Warner Hill | WNW 287° | 331 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:17 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:48 | 21:33 |
| September equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 08:18 | 16:17 | 17:06 |
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 | 22 | 22 | 30 | 41 | 54 | 64 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Traverse City Munson, 6 mi away.
- Oregon grape25 obs
- American groundnut14 obs
- eastern hemlock12 obs
- swamp loosestrife12 obs
- Green Frog11 obs
- Ghost Pipe10 obs
- Common Watersnake9 obs
- American beech9 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/138469394
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