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Curtis Park

Curtis Park from directly overhead

Curtis Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 202 m. Watson Hills stands 438 m to the southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Monarch Waystation, a garden 0.2 miles away. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
202 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.36519, -84.96714

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
  • Clark Nature Preserve: 1.0 mi
  • Martha A. Curtis Nature Preserve: 1.9 mi
  • Robinson Nature Preserve Honoring Gold Star Families Nature Preserve: 2.0 mi
  • Bubbling Springs Nature Preserve: 2.1 mi
  • Hankin's Glen Nature Preserve: 2.9 mi
Peaks: 26
  • Pintail Peak: 7.3 mi
  • Tower Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Graham Benchmark: 7.5 mi
  • Nub's Knob: 7.7 mi
  • Emmet Heights: 8.0 mi
Attractions: 19
  • Scenic Waterfall: 0.3 mi
  • Overlook Cliff: 0.4 mi
  • Highpoint Corner: 0.4 mi
  • Russian Siebert Family Home Historic Site: 1.0 mi
  • Steep Climb: 1.6 mi
Historic sites: 10
  • Peace Pole: 0.7 mi
  • Pennslyvania Park Cannon: 0.9 mi
  • Hemingway Statue: 0.9 mi
  • Ignatius Petoskey: 1.0 mi
  • Foundation of Old Walloon Hotel Barn: 4.9 mi
Museums: 9
  • Little Traverse Historical Society: 0.8 mi
  • Little Traverse Historical Society and History Museum: 0.8 mi
  • Bay View Historical Museum: 2.1 mi
  • Blackbird Museum: 4.6 mi
  • Railroad Depot Museum: 13.8 mi
Artworks: 5
Gardens: 4
  • Monarch Waystation: 0.2 mi
  • Harris Gardens: 0.7 mi
  • Rose Garden Veranda: 1.0 mi
  • Mesochosm Area: 19.4 mi
Beaches: 4
Springs: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Topinabee Rest Area 407: 19.6 mi
  • Vanderbilt Rest Area 406: 22.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Watson HillsSE 142°438 m19.4 mi
Graham BenchmarkN 6°405 m7.5 mi
Nub's KnobNNE 24°398 m7.7 mi
Emmet HeightsN 4°395 m8.0 mi
Tower HillNNE 26°393 m7.5 mi
Deadmans HillS 176°393 m22.1 mi
Chandler HillsSE 139°382 m13.0 mi
Chandler HillSE 128°372 m12.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:1319:52
June solstice05:5220:4721:32
September equinox07:2819:0019:39
December solstice08:1716:1117:00

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212128405262676760493828
Precip in2.41.71.92.93.12.92.53.23.54.53.02.4

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

  • Common Merganser78 obs
  • tansy66 obs
  • common milkweed64 obs
  • White-tailed Deer55 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull54 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird54 obs
  • dame's rocket51 obs
  • eastern white pine50 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/239616054

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