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Crystal Lake Township Park

Crystal Lake Township Park from directly overhead

Crystal Lake Township Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 235 m. Briar Hill stands 517 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Crystal Lake Swimming Area, a beach 0.1 miles away. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
235 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.21606, -85.96056

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums: 17
Nature reserves: 14
Peaks: 8
  • Capper's Peak: 5.7 mi
  • Udell Hills: 6.3 mi
  • Caberfae Peak: 12.1 mi
  • Briar Hill: 17.3 mi
  • Briar Hill: 19.1 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Crystal Lake Swimming Area: 0.1 mi
  • Healy Lake Beach: 15.4 mi
  • Lakeshore Public Access Beach: 18.1 mi
  • North Beach: 18.4 mi
  • Fifth Avenue Beach: 19.0 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Springs: 1
  • Old Facefull: 20.3 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Stockade Labyrinth: 21.4 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Notipekago: 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Benzonia Roadside Park: 23.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Briar HillNE 53°517 m17.3 mi
Caberfae PeakE 83°452 m12.1 mi
Briar HillNE 49°410 m19.1 mi
Crystal MountainN 355°332 m21.3 mi
Twin MountainsNNE 19°332 m24.7 mi
North HillsN 2°299 m23.7 mi
Capper's PeakWSW 252°298 m5.7 mi
Udell HillsW 262°237 m6.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4819:1819:56
June solstice06:0120:4721:32
September equinox07:3219:0519:43
December solstice08:1716:2117:08

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202230425464676659473525
Precip in2.92.02.33.73.63.53.32.83.64.23.62.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wellston 1N, under a mile away.

  • Ghost Pipe6 obs
  • American cancer-root5 obs
  • American white waterlily4 obs
  • spotted horsemint4 obs
  • northern starflower4 obs
  • Common Watersnake3 obs
  • Spongy Moth3 obs
  • eastern hemlock3 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/894854452

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