Skegemog Lake Wildlife Area
Skegemog Lake Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Beecher Hill stands 412 m to the east-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Heritage Park, a park 1.6 miles away. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Heritage Park: 1.6 mi
- Rapid City Elementary Public Playground and Forest: 2.5 mi
- Freedom Park: 2.6 mi
- Wintergreen Park: 4.0 mi
- Whitewater Township Park: 4.0 mi
- Torch River Ridge: A Cotanche Family Legacy: 2.5 mi
- North Skegemog Nature Sanctuary: 3.0 mi
- Coy Mountain Natural Area: 5.3 mi
- Petobego Natural Area: 5.8 mi
- Finch Creek Nature Sanctuary: 7.5 mi
- Observation Hill: 11.1 mi
- Carpenter Hill: 13.2 mi
- Old Baldy: 13.9 mi
- Dingle Hill: 16.3 mi
- Mount Bundy: 16.7 mi
- Anita Hill: 8.6 mi
- The Wall: 8.7 mi
- Double Jump: 8.7 mi
- 3k Hill: 9.2 mi
- 2k Hill: 9.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Alden Lighthouse: 5.5 mi
- Elk Rapids Iron Company Furnace Ruin: 8.3 mi
- Bellaire Veteran's Memorial: 12.7 mi
- 45th Parallel Signpost: 13.6 mi
- Spencer Creek Rain Garden: 5.5 mi
- Arrowhead Garden: Iva's North: 8.3 mi
- Archangel Gabriel Community Garden: 9.0 mi
- Hull Park Butterfly Garden: 15.2 mi
- Challengers Island Garden: 15.2 mi
- Torch Lake Sand Bar Public Access Point: 3.4 mi
- Public Access: 3.5 mi
- Archie Valleau Landing: 5.5 mi
- Public Access: 5.6 mi
- Public Access: 5.8 mi
- Alden Depot Museum: 5.3 mi
- Guntzviller's Taxidermy and Spirit of the Woods Museum: 7.5 mi
- Kalkaska Historical Museum: 8.1 mi
- Elk Rapids Area Historical Museum: 8.3 mi
- Music House Museum: 9.0 mi
- Deward: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Skegemog Lake Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beecher Hill | ESE 123° | 412 m | 24.7 mi |
| Smith Hill | ESE 123° | 399 m | 24.1 mi |
| Ester Hill | ESE 122° | 397 m | 24.3 mi |
| Deadmans Hill | NE 47° | 393 m | 24.5 mi |
| Grube Hill | ESE 121° | 378 m | 24.7 mi |
| Exodus Hill | W 263° | 370 m | 19.9 mi |
| Twentyone Hill | SSE 156° | 358 m | 17.9 mi |
| Twentyone Hill | SSE 158° | 357 m | 18.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:45 | 19:15 | 19:54 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:46 | 21:32 |
| September equinox | 07:29 | 19:02 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 08:16 | 16:15 | 17:04 |
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 | 18 | 19 | 27 | 40 | 53 | 63 | 67 | 65 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kalkaska, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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