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Clear Lake Park

Clear Lake Park from directly overhead

Clear Lake Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 299 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is The Upside Down, a attraction 2.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 147 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
299 m
Getting there

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Coordinates42.33239, -84.15283
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • The Upside Down: 2.2 mi
  • The Upside Down: 2.2 mi
  • The Upside Down: 2.2 mi
  • The Upside Down: 2.2 mi
  • Sky Miles: 2.3 mi
Parks
Nature reserves
Artworks: 55
Historic sites: 22
Peaks: 19
Gardens: 19
Museums: 18
  • Waterloo Farm Museum: 3.5 mi
  • Michigan Whitetail Hall of Fame Museum: 4.7 mi
  • The Lost Railway Museum: 6.5 mi
  • The Coe House Museum: 6.7 mi
  • Dexter Area Museum: 13.9 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • River Grove Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
  • Hippo Hill: 17.9 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Grass Lake Rest Area: 4.2 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 8.3 mi
  • Jackson Rest Area 820: 14.3 mi
  • Sandstone Rest Area 819: 17.9 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 20.7 mi
Springs: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 22.2 mi
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NE 51°405 m22.5 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NE 51°399 m22.7 mi
Bundy HillSW 219°381 m24.7 mi
Prospect HillSSW 195°372 m21.4 mi
Hatt HillSW 225°348 m17.3 mi
Cassidy KameENE 70°344 m3.9 mi
Irish HillSSW 195°344 m22.6 mi
Sackrider HillSW 234°338 m3.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1219:49
June solstice06:0120:3521:18
September equinox07:2518:5919:36
December solstice08:0316:2217:08

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475968717063513929
Precip in2.42.02.23.03.83.63.43.62.73.12.62.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chelsea, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • purple pitcher plant20 obs
  • Blue Grosbeak10 obs
  • round-lobed hepatica10 obs
  • Common Snapping Turtle9 obs
  • Painted Turtle9 obs
  • Dragon's Mouth9 obs
  • purple loosestrife8 obs
  • Ghost Pipe7 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/343948589

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