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Branstrom Park

Branstrom Park from directly overhead

Branstrom Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 249 m. Skidder Hill stands 301 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Gerber Field, a park 1.0 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates43.48179, -85.93923

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Gerber Field: 1.0 mi
  • Darling Avenue Park: 1.1 mi
  • Memorial Park: 1.1 mi
  • FRC Woodland Area: 1.1 mi
  • Redeemer Lutheran Christ Clearing Trail and Playground: 1.3 mi
Attractions
  • Loda Lake National Wildflower Sanctuary: 12.2 mi
  • Kolski High Ropes Course and Zipline: 12.3 mi
  • Kolski Family Project C.O.P.E: 12.4 mi
  • Williams Climbing Tower and Zipline: 12.5 mi
  • Scoutcraft: 12.6 mi
Museums: 10
  • Newaygo County Museum and Heritage Center: 8.2 mi
  • E. Urner Goodman Owasippe Museum: 15.1 mi
  • Muskegon Railroad Historical Society: 20.5 mi
  • Montague Museum: 21.5 mi
  • Muskegon Art Museum: 23.2 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Aquatics: 13.0 mi
  • Pirates Cove: 13.2 mi
  • Blackhawk Waterfront: 13.7 mi
  • Turtle Beach: 14.1 mi
  • Sunset Point: 14.6 mi
Historic sites: 5
Artworks: 4
  • Fish Head: 8.1 mi
  • Opus in 3 Movements: 21.1 mi
  • Sailboats/Trees: 21.2 mi
  • Butterfly Statue: 21.4 mi
Peaks: 4
Springs: 4
  • Eagle Springs: 13.6 mi
  • Shrew Springs: 14.0 mi
  • Marl Springs: 14.9 mi
  • Headwaters: 16.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Leader's Patio: 15.2 mi
  • Nichols Lake North: 17.3 mi
  • The Pines: 21.2 mi
  • Fairchild Park: 21.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Muskegon Rest Area 501: 18.1 mi
  • Rothbury Rest Area 529: 21.1 mi
  • Morley Rest Area 533: 23.2 mi
  • Big Rapids Rest Area 534: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Skidder HillNNE 19°301 m13.4 mi
Maple HillESE 109°273 m24.4 mi
Bettes Tower HillSSE 155°260 m24.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4819:1819:56
June solstice06:0420:4521:29
September equinox07:3219:0519:43
December solstice08:1416:2417:11

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232433445665696761493728
Precip in2.41.92.43.83.93.63.33.43.43.93.12.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fremont 4 WSW, 5 mi away.

  • dame's rocket7 obs
  • autumn olive6 obs
  • Japanese barberry5 obs
  • eastern poison ivy5 obs
  • box elder4 obs
  • common milkweed4 obs
  • eastern white pine4 obs
  • multiflora rose4 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/554039601

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