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Conkling Heritage Park

Conkling Heritage Park from directly overhead

Conkling Heritage Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 179 m. Graham Benchmark stands 405 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mackinaw Trolley Company, a museum 0.1 miles away. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
179 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.77865, -84.72477

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
  • Hathaway Family's Regina Caeli Nature Preserve: 1.7 mi
  • Dousman's Mill State Historic Site: 3.6 mi
  • John and Julia Pachy Nature Preserve: 7.0 mi
  • Harry C. Smith Nature Preserve: 7.1 mi
  • Barb and Joe Traub Family Working Forest Reserve: 7.3 mi
Peaks: 22
Museums: 19
Historic sites: 19
Attractions: 5
Rest areas: 5
Springs: 3
Beaches: 2
Gardens: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Natural arches: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Graham BenchmarkSSW 207°405 m23.7 mi
Nub's KnobSSW 202°398 m23.2 mi
Emmet HeightsSSW 208°395 m23.4 mi
Tower HillSSW 201°393 m23.4 mi
Pintail PeakSSW 201°368 m23.6 mi
Island View HillSW 233°330 m21.4 mi
Mount PisageSSW 203°299 m20.0 mi
Griswold MountainSSE 168°269 m24.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1219:51
June solstice05:5020:4721:33
September equinox07:2718:5919:38
December solstice08:1816:0816:58

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202128405162676761493728

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Ignace Mackinac BR, 5 mi away.

  • Ring-billed Gull110 obs
  • Canada Goose51 obs
  • common silverweed33 obs
  • bladder campion30 obs
  • Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel25 obs
  • common milkweed20 obs
  • common yarrow17 obs
  • Biting Stonecrop17 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/286203067

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