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Downtown Pocket Park

Downtown Pocket Park from directly overhead

Downtown Pocket Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 212 m. Summit Mountain stands 571 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Marquette Regional History Center, a museum 0.2 miles away. 136 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
212 m

What to expect

Operated by
City of Marquette

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates46.54368, -87.39464

136 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 58
Waterfalls: 13
  • Morgan Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Lower Carp Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Lower Morgan Meadows Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Morgan Meadows Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Little Garlic Falls: 12.2 mi
Peaks: 12
Attractions: 6
Historic sites: 6
  • D.S.S.&A. Ore Dock #1: 0.4 mi
  • Harlow Farms First Homestead: 1.5 mi
  • Bartlett King: 5.1 mi
  • Forestville Fireplace: 7.4 mi
  • Jackson Mine Monument: 10.1 mi
Beaches: 6
Gardens: 4
Cliffs: 4
Artworks: 3
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Marquette Welcome Center: 3.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Summit MountainWSW 240°571 m12.9 mi
Wewe HillsSW 225°493 m8.4 mi
Green HillsSW 225°467 m20.5 mi
Pilot KnobWSW 256°457 m13.9 mi
Ragged HillsSW 220°421 m6.1 mi
Kona HillsSW 228°416 m7.0 mi
Hogback MountainNW 313°372 m6.2 mi
Mount MarquetteS 186°337 m2.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5419:2220:02
June solstice05:5721:0021:47
September equinox07:3719:0919:49
December solstice08:3116:1417:05

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192028385059666659473524
Precip in1.91.51.62.72.93.13.12.33.33.42.42.0

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

  • eastern white pine220 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel180 obs
  • northern red oak173 obs
  • paper birch164 obs
  • Canada Goose161 obs
  • Jack pine161 obs
  • Eastern Chipmunk159 obs
  • Mallard158 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1124486976

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