Ashton Park
Ashton Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 191 m. Exodus Hill stands 370 m to the west, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Darrow Park, a park 0.2 miles away. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Traverse City
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Darrow Park: 0.2 mi
- Slabtown Corner: 0.4 mi
- Fulton Park: 0.7 mi
- The Piazza: 0.9 mi
- Open Space Park: 0.9 mi
- Hickory Forest Natural Area: 1.4 mi
- DeYoung Natural Area: 2.6 mi
- DeYoung Natural Area: 3.2 mi
- Miller Creek Nature Reserve: 3.2 mi
- Pelizzari Natural Area: 4.0 mi
- Wayne Hill: 0.6 mi
- Morgan Hill: 1.0 mi
- Hickory Hill: 1.1 mi
- Exodus Hill: 3.2 mi
- Carpenter Hill: 3.7 mi
- Time to Let Go: 1.0 mi
- Greetings from Traverse City: 1.1 mi
- Perry Hannah: 1.1 mi
- Enspire: 1.1 mi
- Untitled: 1.3 mi
- Dennos Museum Center: 2.8 mi
- Music House Museum: 7.7 mi
- Lake Ann Historical Society Museum: 10.5 mi
- Guntzviller's Taxidermy and Spirit of the Woods Museum: 12.9 mi
- Elk Rapids Area Historical Museum: 14.2 mi
- The Cistern: 1.1 mi
- World's Largest Cherry Pie - Pan: 2.5 mi
- Suspendend Overlook: 4.5 mi
- Rope Swing: 6.2 mi
- 2k Hill: 8.3 mi
- Grand Traverse Veterans Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Larry Cole Hardy: 1.3 mi
- St. Francis A.D. 1887: 1.4 mi
- Gravesite of Traverse Colantha Walker: 1.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 11.9 mi
- West End Beach: 0.4 mi
- North Beach: 14.4 mi
- Haserot Beach: 15.4 mi
- Torch Lake Sand Bar Public Access Point: 16.6 mi
- Public Access: 17.4 mi
- Koeze Stable Garden: 1.5 mi
- Secret Garden: 1.5 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 1.5 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 1.5 mi
- Traverse City Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- Dodge Spring: 15.0 mi
- Marl Springs: 20.7 mi
- Chuck Wagon: 11.6 mi
- Jacktown: 16.9 mi
- Empire Bluffs: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ashton Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exodus Hill | W 267° | 370 m | 3.2 mi |
| Gallagher Hill | W 279° | 355 m | 4.2 mi |
| Varney Hill | W 273° | 337 m | 11.6 mi |
| Champion Hill | WSW 245° | 337 m | 20.8 mi |
| Twin Mountains | SSW 207° | 332 m | 16.7 mi |
| Crystal Mountain | SW 226° | 332 m | 24.4 mi |
| Warner Hill | W 267° | 331 m | 11.5 mi |
| Pierce Hill | SSW 193° | 322 m | 10.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:16 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:48 | 21:33 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 08:18 | 16:17 | 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 | 22 | 22 | 30 | 41 | 54 | 64 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Traverse City Munson, under a mile away.
- Mallard81 obs
- American Herring Gull45 obs
- box elder35 obs
- purple crownvetch29 obs
- sharp-lobed hepatica28 obs
- staghorn sumac27 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel26 obs
- bloodroot24 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/121558694
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