Power Island Wilderness Park
Power Island Wilderness Park is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 210 m. Exodus Hill stands 370 m to the southwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Island View Park, a park 1.3 miles away. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 210 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Grand Traverse County Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Island View Park: 1.3 mi
- Old Mission Estates Beach: 1.3 mi
- Lin-Dale Estates Beach: 1.4 mi
- Aledco Park: 1.5 mi
- Quaker Valley North Beach: 1.5 mi
- Pyatt Lake: The Bill Carls Nature Preserve: 3.6 mi
- DeYoung Natural Area: 5.5 mi
- Pelizzari Natural Area: 5.5 mi
- DeYoung Natural Area: 5.5 mi
- Wintergreen Woods Nature Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Carpenter Hill: 5.1 mi
- Fouch Hill: 7.4 mi
- Morgan Hill: 7.5 mi
- Wayne Hill: 7.5 mi
- Hickory Hill: 7.9 mi
- Guardian: 7.3 mi
- Time to Let Go: 7.3 mi
- Untitled: 7.3 mi
- Greetings from Traverse City: 7.4 mi
- Autumn, 1989: 7.5 mi
- The Cistern: 8.5 mi
- World's Largest Cherry Pie - Pan: 9.3 mi
- 45th Parallel: 9.7 mi
- Hessler Log Cabin: 9.8 mi
- Anita Hill: 9.8 mi
- Music House Museum: 6.6 mi
- Dennos Museum Center: 7.0 mi
- Guntzviller's Taxidermy and Spirit of the Woods Museum: 7.4 mi
- Elk Rapids Area Historical Museum: 8.1 mi
- Eyaawing Museum and Cultural Center: 10.4 mi
- Larry Cole Hardy: 7.4 mi
- St. Francis A.D. 1887: 7.9 mi
- Grand Traverse Veterans Memorial: 8.2 mi
- Elk Rapids Iron Company Furnace Ruin: 8.6 mi
- Gravesite of Traverse Colantha Walker: 8.8 mi
- Archangel Gabriel Community Garden: 6.8 mi
- Challengers Island Garden: 7.7 mi
- Salvation Army Daycare Garden: 7.7 mi
- Hull Park Butterfly Garden: 7.8 mi
- Arrowhead Garden: Iva's North: 8.6 mi
- West End Beach: 7.3 mi
- Haserot Beach: 7.9 mi
- North Beach: 8.2 mi
- Torch Lake Sand Bar Public Access Point: 12.3 mi
- Public Access: 13.1 mi
- Chuck Wagon: 17.3 mi
- Dodge Spring: 18.0 mi
- Jacktown: 21.1 mi
- Grand Traverse Lighthouse: 23.8 mi
- Empire Bluffs: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Power Island Wilderness Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exodus Hill | SW 224° | 370 m | 9.5 mi |
| Gallagher Hill | SW 231° | 355 m | 9.6 mi |
| Varney Hill | WSW 248° | 337 m | 16.1 mi |
| Twin Mountains | SSW 207° | 332 m | 24.1 mi |
| Warner Hill | WSW 244° | 331 m | 16.5 mi |
| Pierce Hill | SSW 199° | 322 m | 17.8 mi |
| Fouch Hill | WSW 246° | 321 m | 7.4 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | WNW 285° | 319 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:16 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:48 | 21:33 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 08:18 | 16:16 | 17:05 |
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 | 23 | 23 | 31 | 42 | 54 | 64 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OLD Mission 3ssw, 5 mi away.
- Herb Robert6 obs
- American Toad5 obs
- Monarch3 obs
- Canadian lousewort3 obs
- White Sweetclover3 obs
- Lake Trout3 obs
- Clymene Moth3 obs
- round-lobed hepatica3 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/960907377
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