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Butterfield Township Park

Butterfield Township Park from directly overhead

Butterfield Township Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 371 m. Grove Hill stands 521 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Merritt Area Community Park, a park 4.5 miles away. 110 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.

What to expect

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Butterfield Township

How to reach it

Coordinates44.26478, -84.94614

110 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 51
  • Merritt Area Community Park: 4.5 mi
  • Hoekwater Park: 6.6 mi
  • Boltis Park: 7.3 mi
  • Clam River Boating Access Site: 8.5 mi
  • Houghton Lake Public Water Access Site: 9.3 mi
Peaks: 32
Nature reserves: 13
Museums: 10
Rest areas: 2
  • Nine Mile Hill Rest Area 434: 19.3 mi
  • Cadillac Rest Area 306: 24.1 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • C.C.C. Worker: 19.7 mi
Attractions: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grove HillWSW 246°520.9 m21.6 mi
Cote Dame MarieNNE 18°456 m24.3 mi
Cleary HillN 8°446 m23.3 mi
Olsen HillNNE 19°444 m24.3 mi
Taylor HillNNE 19°439 m24.9 mi
Three Sisters RangeNNE 19°431 m24.8 mi
BaldyNNW 345°427 m16.5 mi
Waldo HillN 7°424 m22.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:1419:52
June solstice05:5720:4321:28
September equinox07:2819:0119:39
December solstice08:1316:1617:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202130425464686658463526
Precip in1.81.51.73.13.63.62.93.12.83.52.41.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Houghton Lake 6 WSW, 4 mi away.

  • Blanding's Turtle1 obs
  • White-tailed Deer1 obs
  • Red Clover1 obs
  • common selfheal1 obs
  • common yarrow1 obs
  • silver maple1 obs
  • autumn olive1 obs
  • false nettle1 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/1008871657

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