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Breitung Park

Breitung Park from directly overhead

Breitung Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 423 m. Summit Mountain stands 571 m to the south-southwest, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Negaunee Historical Society Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates46.49914, -87.60832

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks: 14
Waterfalls: 12
  • Warner Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Morgan Meadows Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Lower Morgan Meadows Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Lower Carp Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Morgan Falls: 8.1 mi
Beaches: 6
Historic sites: 6
Attractions: 5
Gardens: 4
Cliffs: 4
Artworks: 3
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Marquette Welcome Center: 11.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Summit MountainSSW 197°571 m3.6 mi
Wewe HillsSE 124°493 m5.2 mi
Green HillsSSW 200°467 m12.2 mi
Ives HillNNW 335°460 m25.0 mi
Pilot KnobW 264°457 m3.3 mi
Ragged HillsESE 104°421 m6.4 mi
Kona HillsESE 108°416 m5.3 mi
Hogback MountainNE 38°372 m9.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5419:2320:03
June solstice05:5821:0121:48
September equinox07:3819:1019:50
December solstice08:3216:1517:06

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141625375161656456443120
Precip in2.32.22.73.43.43.33.12.94.04.02.92.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marquette, 4 mi away.

  • box elder13 obs
  • Ghost Pipe12 obs
  • common buckthorn12 obs
  • pipsissewa11 obs
  • European lily of the valley10 obs
  • Solomon's plume10 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade10 obs
  • lesser periwinkle10 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/410824061

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