Buffalo Hills Playground
Buffalo Hills Playground is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 408 m. Summit Mountain stands 571 m to the southwest, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Negaunee Historical Society Museum, a museum 1.2 miles away. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 408 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Negaunee
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Eastwood Playlot: 1.2 mi
- Breitung Park: 1.3 mi
- Cherry Street Field: 1.4 mi
- Jackson Mine Park: 1.6 mi
- Miners Park: 1.7 mi
- Jasper Knob: 3.5 mi
- Summit Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Wewe Hills: 3.9 mi
- Kona Hills: 3.9 mi
- Pilot Knob: 4.6 mi
- Warner Falls: 4.2 mi
- Morgan Meadows Falls: 5.2 mi
- Lower Morgan Meadows Falls: 5.3 mi
- Lower Carp Falls: 6.5 mi
- Morgan Falls: 6.9 mi
- Negaunee Historical Society Museum: 1.2 mi
- Michigan Iron Industry Museum: 2.2 mi
- U.S. National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame: 4.1 mi
- Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum: 4.5 mi
- Cliffs Shaft Museum: 4.5 mi
- Vielmetti-Peters Conservation Reserve: 5.8 mi
- Forestville Recreation Area: 8.3 mi
- Echo Lake Nature Preserve: 10.4 mi
- Chocolay Bayou Nature Preserve: 10.7 mi
- Forests for the Future #16 Reserve: 11.7 mi
- Jackson Mine Monument: 1.7 mi
- Harlow Farms First Homestead: 8.2 mi
- Forestville Fireplace: 9.1 mi
- Site of Barnes-Hecker Mine Disaster: 9.4 mi
- D.S.S.&A. Ore Dock #1: 9.6 mi
- Teal Lake Beach: 1.9 mi
- Picnic Rocks Beach: 10.4 mi
- Hidden Beach: 10.5 mi
- Dead River Beach: 10.6 mi
- Middle Bay Beach: 11.2 mi
- Lower Harbor Ore Dock: 9.7 mi
- Fire Bell: 9.7 mi
- McClintock Annex: 9.9 mi
- Abandoned Soviet Transport IL-76: 13.8 mi
- Lockheed T-33: 14.1 mi
- Incubator Community Garden: 4.1 mi
- NMU Hoop House: 9.8 mi
- Marquette Community Gardens: 11.3 mi
- KI Sawyer Community Garden: 14.9 mi
- Last Bluff: 4.6 mi
- Migisy Bluff: 9.0 mi
- The Cut: 9.6 mi
- Black Rocks: 11.8 mi
- Father Marquette Statue: 9.5 mi
- Lakenenland: 20.4 mi
- Lakenenland: 20.5 mi
- Marquette Harbor Lighthouse: 10.4 mi
- Breakwater Light: 11.3 mi
- Marquette Welcome Center: 10.4 mi
- Thomas Rock Natural Area: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buffalo Hills Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Mountain | SW 218° | 571 m | 3.8 mi |
| Wewe Hills | SE 130° | 493 m | 3.9 mi |
| Green Hills | SSW 207° | 467 m | 12.3 mi |
| Pilot Knob | W 271° | 457 m | 4.6 mi |
| Ragged Hills | ESE 103° | 421 m | 5.1 mi |
| Kona Hills | ESE 107° | 416 m | 3.9 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | NNE 29° | 372 m | 8.9 mi |
| Mount Marquette | E 81° | 337 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:54 | 19:23 | 20:03 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 21:01 | 21:48 |
| September equinox | 07:38 | 19:10 | 19:50 |
| December solstice | 08:32 | 16:15 | 17:06 |
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 | 14 | 16 | 25 | 37 | 51 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 31 | 20 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marquette, 3 mi away.
- common milkweed22 obs
- red osier dogwood18 obs
- box elder13 obs
- common buckthorn12 obs
- marsh calla12 obs
- eastern white pine10 obs
- wood horsetail10 obs
- nannyberry9 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 way/1124492533
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