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Ellwood A Mattson Lower Harbor Park

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Ellwood A Mattson Lower Harbor Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. Summit Mountain stands 571 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is McClintock Annex, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. 136 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates46.54345, -87.38712

136 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 58
Waterfalls: 13
  • Morgan Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Lower Carp Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Lower Morgan Meadows Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Morgan Meadows Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Little Garlic Falls: 12.5 mi
Peaks: 12
Attractions: 6
Historic sites: 6
  • D.S.S.&A. Ore Dock #1: 0.4 mi
  • Harlow Farms First Homestead: 1.9 mi
  • Bartlett King: 5.3 mi
  • Forestville Fireplace: 7.7 mi
  • Jackson Mine Monument: 10.4 mi
Beaches: 6
Gardens: 4
Cliffs: 4
Artworks: 3
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Marquette Welcome Center: 2.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Summit MountainWSW 241°571 m13.2 mi
Wewe HillsSW 226°493 m8.7 mi
Green HillsSW 226°467 m20.7 mi
Pilot KnobWSW 256°457 m14.2 mi
Ragged HillsSW 222°421 m6.3 mi
Kona HillsSW 230°416 m7.2 mi
Hogback MountainNW 311°372 m6.5 mi
Mount MarquetteSSW 196°337 m2.2 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 pine215 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel175 obs
  • northern red oak171 obs
  • Jack pine160 obs
  • paper birch159 obs
  • Mallard156 obs
  • Canada Goose155 obs
  • Eastern Chipmunk154 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/268916528

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