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Ely Park

Ely Park from directly overhead

Ely Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 207 m. Prospect Hill stands 244 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Hartford Speedway, a attraction 0.5 miles away. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
207 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.20742, -86.16957

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rush Lake Public Access: 2.9 mi
  • Van Auken Lake Public Access: 3.5 mi
  • Shafer Lake Public Access: 3.5 mi
  • Hall Lake Public Access: 3.6 mi
  • Sunset Park: 3.9 mi
Museums: 23
Artworks: 11
Beaches: 6
Historic sites: 5
Attractions: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Watervliet Rest Area: 4.0 mi
  • Glenn Rest Area 726: 20.6 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Thunder Mountain: 9.7 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 14.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Artesian Flow: 6.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillE 92°244 m14.4 mi
Thunder MountainWNW 290°213 m9.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2019:57
June solstice06:0920:4321:25
September equinox07:3319:0719:44
December solstice08:1116:3117:16

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937475868727063534232
Precip in2.01.62.03.33.83.03.23.63.64.22.72.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Benton Harbor, 14 mi away.

  • Common Vetch3 obs
  • Spicebush Swallowtail3 obs
  • great mullein3 obs
  • sensitive fern3 obs
  • Painted Turtle2 obs
  • White-tailed Deer2 obs
  • Eastern Chipmunk2 obs
  • Polyphemus Moth2 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/545949919

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