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American Legion Veterans Memorial Park

American Legion Veterans Memorial Park from directly overhead

American Legion Veterans Memorial Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 183 m. Maple Hill stands 300 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Michilimackinac Historical Society & Fort de Baude Museum, a museum 0.4 miles away. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
183 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.86256, -84.71556

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Hathaway Family's Regina Caeli Nature Preserve: 6.1 mi
  • Poupard Bay Nature Preserve: 6.4 mi
  • Dousman's Mill State Historic Site: 8.5 mi
  • Jahn, Martin and Reinhardt Family Nature Preserve: 10.5 mi
  • John and Julia Pachy Nature Preserve: 12.7 mi
Parks: 48
Historic sites: 19
  • Grave of Father Marquette: 1.0 mi
  • British Landing: 3.5 mi
  • Mackinac Conference: 4.4 mi
  • Biddle House: 4.7 mi
  • Mackinac Island: 4.7 mi
Museums: 18
Peaks: 15
Attractions: 6
Rest areas: 4
Beaches: 3
Springs: 3
  • Dablott Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Dwightwood Springs: 5.3 mi
  • The Big Spring: 22.8 mi
Artworks: 3
Gardens: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Natural arches: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Maple HillN 351°300 m20.6 mi
Peek-A-Boo HillNE 55°222 m18.7 mi
McCort HillSW 227°215 m23.5 mi
Rabbit Back PeakN 355°212 m4.1 mi
Castle RockNNW 339°210 m3.5 mi
Billiau HillSW 222°207 m17.3 mi
Mount NeboSW 225°201 m11.3 mi
St. Anthony's RockNW 305°183 m0.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1219:51
June solstice05:4920:4721:33
September equinox07:2618:5919:38
December solstice08:1816:0716:57

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F181827385061666659473626
Precip in2.11.51.93.02.63.33.03.13.74.32.72.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Ignace, under a mile away.

  • Ring-billed Gull92 obs
  • tansy41 obs
  • common silverweed29 obs
  • Canada Goose28 obs
  • yellow lady's slipper28 obs
  • star-flowered lily-of-the-valley27 obs
  • northern whitecedar27 obs
  • bird's-foot trefoil24 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/435396547

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