Elk Rapids Day Park
Elk Rapids Day Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 180 m. Exodus Hill stands 370 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Elk Rapids Area Historical Museum, a museum 0.7 miles away. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 180 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Veterans Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
- Library Park: 0.9 mi
- Rotary Park: 1.0 mi
- Bluewater Bluffs Common Area: 3.5 mi
- Milton Township Waterfront Park: 3.9 mi
- Wilcox-Palmer-Shah Nature Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Wilcox-Palmer-Shah Nature Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Kewadin Wetlands Nature Sanctuary: 3.9 mi
- Petobego Natural Area: 4.2 mi
- Wintergreen Woods Nature Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Hugh J. Gray Cairn: 5.4 mi
- Hessler Log Cabin: 7.6 mi
- Anita Hill: 9.9 mi
- Stone Circle: 10.3 mi
- 3k Hill: 10.5 mi
- Old Baldy: 9.4 mi
- Carpenter Hill: 10.0 mi
- Observation Hill: 11.1 mi
- Wayne Hill: 13.8 mi
- Morgan Hill: 14.0 mi
- Elk Rapids Iron Company Furnace Ruin: 1.2 mi
- Alden Lighthouse: 7.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 7.2 mi
- Peninsula Township War Memorial: 7.6 mi
- 45th Parallel Signpost: 8.4 mi
- Elk Rapids Area Historical Museum: 0.7 mi
- Guntzviller's Taxidermy and Spirit of the Woods Museum: 1.0 mi
- Alden Depot Museum: 7.2 mi
- Music House Museum: 7.3 mi
- Dennos Museum Center: 11.7 mi
- North Beach: 1.0 mi
- Torch Lake Sand Bar Public Access Point: 5.5 mi
- Haserot Beach: 5.9 mi
- Public Access: 6.1 mi
- Archie Valleau Landing: 7.2 mi
- Arrowhead Garden: Iva's North: 1.2 mi
- Spencer Creek Rain Garden: 7.2 mi
- Archangel Gabriel Community Garden: 7.5 mi
- Challengers Island Garden: 12.8 mi
- Salvation Army Daycare Garden: 12.8 mi
- Grand Traverse Lighthouse: 23.1 mi
- Chuck Wagon: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Elk Rapids Day Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exodus Hill | WSW 239° | 370 m | 16.3 mi |
| Gallagher Hill | WSW 243° | 355 m | 16.7 mi |
| Mount Bundy | ENE 72° | 347 m | 18.7 mi |
| Varney Hill | WSW 251° | 337 m | 23.6 mi |
| Warner Hill | WSW 249° | 331 m | 23.9 mi |
| Pierce Hill | SW 216° | 322 m | 22.6 mi |
| Fouch Hill | WSW 252° | 321 m | 14.9 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | W 275° | 319 m | 19.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:16 | 19:54 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:47 | 21:32 |
| September equinox | 07:29 | 19:02 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 08:17 | 16:15 | 17:04 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 23 | 31 | 42 | 54 | 64 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OLD Mission 3ssw, 5 mi away.
- Rusty Crayfish11 obs
- bladder campion9 obs
- great mullein9 obs
- Round Goby9 obs
- hoary alyssum8 obs
- Strawberry Root Weevil8 obs
- Mute Swan7 obs
- common milkweed7 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/688070290
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