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Aspen Park

Aspen Park from directly overhead

Aspen Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 398 m. Comstock Hills stands 439 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Patrick Mankowski Elk Park, a park 0.3 miles away. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
398 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.00988, -84.66776

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves: 49
  • North Branch of the Boyne River Nature Preserve: 14.8 mi
  • Big Cedar Nature Preserve: 14.9 mi
  • Three Bears Mountain Nature Preserve: 15.1 mi
  • Eva and Vern Hanel, Jr. Nature Preserve: 18.0 mi
  • Marvin Memorial Nature Preserve: 19.1 mi
Peaks: 19
Attractions: 10
  • Quick Dip: 15.9 mi
  • Avalance Bay Indoor Waterpark: 16.7 mi
  • The Boulder: 22.7 mi
  • Browns Creek Pathway: 24.0 mi
  • The Summit (hub): 24.7 mi
Museums: 7
Beaches: 4
  • North Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Main Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Peninsula Beach: 22.1 mi
  • Beach Area: 24.9 mi
Artworks: 3
  • 4-Season Mural: 1.3 mi
  • Greeting from Gaylord Mural: 1.3 mi
  • Wings Mural: 1.3 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Gaylord Rest Area 405: 2.9 mi
  • Vanderbilt Rest Area 406: 6.8 mi
  • Hartwick Pines Rest Area 404: 18.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Comstock HillsESE 122°439 m20.1 mi
Watson HillsNNW 344°438 m9.6 mi
Redner HillSSE 159°430 m10.2 mi
Toll HillSSW 205°430 m13.6 mi
Bald HillSSE 156°426 m21.5 mi
Rosecrans HillSSE 148°415 m10.1 mi
Deadmans HillW 281°393 m13.4 mi
Chandler HillsNNW 338°382 m15.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1219:51
June solstice05:5320:4421:30
September equinox07:2618:5919:38
December solstice08:1516:1217:00

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F181828405362676558463424
Precip in1.21.11.42.73.02.82.83.23.63.62.31.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gaylord Otsego CO AP, 1 mi away.

  • bladder campion28 obs
  • hoary alyssum28 obs
  • Leafy Spurge Hawkmoth26 obs
  • common milkweed19 obs
  • spotted knapweed18 obs
  • Green Frog16 obs
  • common bracken15 obs
  • American hophornbeam15 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/713848659

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