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Alford Park

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Alford Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 181 m. Mission Hill stands 295 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Coast Guard Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Whitefish Bay Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 89 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
181 m

What to expect

Operated by
City of Sault Ste. Marie

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates46.49569, -84.32801

89 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 33
  • Lower Coast Guard Park: 0.3 mi
  • Water Street Historic Martime Park: 0.5 mi
  • St. Mary's Park: 0.7 mi
  • Elsie Savoie Sculpture Park: 0.7 mi
  • Brady Park: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves: 16
Cliffs: 13
  • Old Vessel Point: 3.5 mi
  • Partridge Point: 4.6 mi
  • Bell's Point: 6.7 mi
  • Point Charles: 7.6 mi
  • Pumpkin Point: 11.6 mi
Museums: 9
Attractions: 4
Peaks: 4
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Sault Sainte Marie Welcome Center: 2.1 mi
  • Sault Sainte Marie Rest Area: 5.8 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Old Wilson School: 17.8 mi
  • Historic Caldwell Log Cabin: 17.8 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Peck St. Community Garden: 1.6 mi
Beaches: 1
Picnic sites: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mission HillW 264°295 m16.7 mi
Oneway HillSSE 151°206 m4.6 mi
Velvet HillSSE 156°201 m4.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1019:50
June solstice05:4520:4821:35
September equinox07:2518:5719:37
December solstice08:1916:0216:53

Local time (America/Toronto).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131424375160656557453322
Precip in2.41.71.92.72.63.13.13.13.84.63.63.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sault STE Marie, under a mile away.

  • Mallard703 obs
  • Canada Goose404 obs
  • American Herring Gull303 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull299 obs
  • Common Merganser298 obs
  • Rock Pigeon236 obs
  • Bald Eagle232 obs
  • Common Goldeneye225 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/1046221591

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