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Blackman Park

Blackman Park from directly overhead

Blackman Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 290 m. Kelso Ridge stands 387 m to the south, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Bucky Harris Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 156 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.24801, -84.40939

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star: 2.7 mi
  • The Upside Down: 16.4 mi
  • The Upside Down: 16.4 mi
  • The Upside Down: 16.5 mi
  • The Upside Down: 16.5 mi
Nature reserves: 38
Peaks: 17
Museums: 14
  • Ella Sharp Museum: 2.4 mi
  • Michigan Whitetail Hall of Fame Museum: 9.7 mi
  • The Coe House Museum: 9.8 mi
  • The Lost Railway Museum: 10.0 mi
  • Concord Universalist Church: 12.9 mi
Artworks: 10
Historic sites: 8
Gardens: 4
Rest areas: 4
  • Sandstone Rest Area 819: 4.5 mi
  • Jackson Rest Area 820: 8.2 mi
  • Grass Lake Rest Area: 10.4 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 21.2 mi
Springs: 3
Picnic sites: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kelso RidgeS 184°387 m21.2 mi
Bundy HillS 191°381 m13.6 mi
Prospect HillSSE 153°372 m16.8 mi
Hatt HillS 173°348 m6.4 mi
Irish HillSSE 155°344 m17.7 mi
Cassidy KameENE 67°344 m18.2 mi
Sackrider HillENE 70°338 m10.9 mi
Big KameENE 62°328 m18.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1319:50
June solstice06:0220:3621:18
September equinox07:2619:0019:37
December solstice08:0416:2417:09

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242736485968727063514030
Precip in1.71.51.92.93.43.63.43.83.02.92.31.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jackson Reynolds FLD, 3 mi away.

  • Eastern Fox Squirrel17 obs
  • Canada Goose13 obs
  • Northern Cardinal13 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird13 obs
  • Grass Spiders12 obs
  • Monarch11 obs
  • Ailanthus Webworm Moth11 obs
  • Mourning Dove9 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/410070539

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