Van Riper State Park
Van Riper State Park is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 490 m. Mount Arvon stands 601 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Berle LaPin / Veterans Memorial Park, a park 1.8 miles away. 94 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Michigan Department of Natural Resources
How to reach it
94 named places within 25 miles
- Berle LaPin / Veterans Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
- Horse Pulling Grounds: 2.3 mi
- Humboldt Township Park: 4.1 mi
- Michigamme State Roadside Park: 4.6 mi
- Republic Beach Area: 7.9 mi
- Pilot Knob: 15.4 mi
- Jasper Knob: 16.5 mi
- Mount Curwood: 16.8 mi
- Mount Arvon: 17.5 mi
- Summit Mountain: 18.3 mi
- Tioga Park Falls: 16.7 mi
- Tioga Falls: 17.3 mi
- Big Pup Falls: 18.9 mi
- Little Pup Falls: 19.2 mi
- Yellow Dog Falls: 19.6 mi
- Michigamme Historical Museum: 5.3 mi
- Michigamme Museum: 5.3 mi
- Cliffs Shaft Museum: 15.5 mi
- Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum: 15.5 mi
- U.S. National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame: 15.9 mi
- Forests for the Future #17 Reserve: 8.8 mi
- Forests for the Future #16 Reserve: 15.3 mi
- Claus Camp Club: 17.5 mi
- Michigan North Woods Club: 19.4 mi
- Echo Lake Nature Preserve: 22.7 mi
- Site of Barnes-Hecker Mine Disaster: 10.5 mi
- Jackson Mine Monument: 18.8 mi
- Forestville Fireplace: 23.9 mi
- Teal Lake Beach: 18.4 mi
- Mino-kwe jiigibiik: 24.8 mi
- Last Bluff: 15.3 mi
- Incubator Community Garden: 15.9 mi
- Thomas Rock Natural Area: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Van Riper State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Arvon | NNW 335° | 601 m | 17.5 mi |
| Mount Curwood | NW 317° | 600 m | 16.8 mi |
| Summit Mountain | ESE 107° | 571 m | 18.3 mi |
| Wewe Hills | ESE 102° | 493 m | 23.3 mi |
| Mount Benison | N 5° | 482 m | 23.4 mi |
| Green Hills | SE 133° | 467 m | 19.5 mi |
| Ives Hill | NNE 21° | 460 m | 22.2 mi |
| Pilot Knob | E 98° | 457 m | 15.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:56 | 19:25 | 20:05 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 21:02 | 21:49 |
| September equinox | 07:40 | 19:12 | 19:52 |
| December solstice | 08:34 | 16:17 | 17:08 |
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 | 12 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 50 | 60 | 64 | 63 | 56 | 43 | 30 | 18 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Champion VAN Riper PK, under a mile away.
- Canadian bunchberry14 obs
- bluebead lily13 obs
- Redpoll11 obs
- Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel11 obs
- Germander Speedwell10 obs
- red pine8 obs
- eastern white pine7 obs
- balsam fir7 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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