Black River County Park
Black River County Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 225 m. Summit Peak stands 595 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Rainbow Falls, a waterfall 0.7 miles away. Black River Scenic Byway passes 0.4 miles off. 82 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 225 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Black River Scenic Byway
82 named places within 25 miles
- Molessa County Park: 10.2 mi
- Airport Park: 10.3 mi
- Bluff Valley Park: 12.2 mi
- Ethnic Commons Park: 12.6 mi
- Bessemer Pocket Park: 12.7 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 0.7 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 0.9 mi
- Gorge Falls: 1.6 mi
- Potawatomi Falls: 1.7 mi
- Great Conglomerate Falls: 2.1 mi
- Copper Peak: 4.5 mi
- Porcupine Peak: 10.0 mi
- Big Powderhorn Mountain: 11.1 mi
- Point Mountain: 12.8 mi
- LaFayette Peak: 13.7 mi
- Big Powderhorn Welcome Sign: 12.6 mi
- Nee-gaw-nee-gaw-bow: 13.9 mi
- Hiawatha, World's Largest Indian Statue: 15.5 mi
- Memory Lane Roadside Park: 12.6 mi
- Ironwood Welcome Center: 15.1 mi
- Hurley Rest Area 103: 15.2 mi
- Bessemer Area Historical Society: 12.7 mi
- Wakefield Historical Society: 14.1 mi
- Iron County Historical Museum: 16.0 mi
- Vietnam Veterans War Memorial: 16.2 mi
- The City of Montreal: Site of the World's Deepest Iron Mine: 18.0 mi
- The Apostle Islands: 20.7 mi
- Union Spring: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Black River County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Peak | ENE 67° | 595 m | 14.7 mi |
| Government Peak | ENE 62° | 559 m | 17.6 mi |
| Wolf Mountain | SE 138° | 553 m | 20.5 mi |
| Porcupine Peak | E 79° | 530 m | 10.0 mi |
| Mount Zion | SSW 202° | 525 m | 13.8 mi |
| Cuyahoga Peak | ENE 57° | 480 m | 19.3 mi |
| Copper Peak | SSW 200° | 472 m | 4.5 mi |
| Cloud Peak | NE 56° | 459 m | 18.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:04 | 19:33 | 20:13 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 21:11 | 21:58 |
| September equinox | 07:48 | 19:20 | 20:00 |
| December solstice | 08:43 | 16:24 | 17:16 |
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 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 38 | 52 | 62 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 44 | 30 | 19 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ironwood #2, 14 mi away.
- thimbleberry32 obs
- bluebead lily32 obs
- Large-leaved lupine21 obs
- partridgeberry20 obs
- intermediate bellflower17 obs
- chicory14 obs
- fireweed13 obs
- eastern hemlock12 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 node/353994528
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