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Ford Park

Ford Park from directly overhead

Ford Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 343 m. Michigamme Mountain stands 476 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Flivver Field, a park 0.2 miles away. 88 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates45.80696, -88.07583

88 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 52
Waterfalls: 9
Peaks: 7
Museums: 6
Attractions: 3
Beaches: 1
  • Lake Antoine Beach: 3.6 mi
Springs: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • Steele Monument: 10.0 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Michigamme MountainNNW 348°476 m25.0 mi
Millie HillENE 58°475 m1.8 mi
Pine MountainN 351°462 m1.8 mi
Trader HillNE 39°445 m3.9 mi
Briar HillE 98°403 m10.3 mi
Iron HillE 87°358 m8.6 mi
Chalk HillSE 144°253 m22.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2619:05
June solstice05:0320:0020:47
September equinox06:4018:1318:52
December solstice07:3115:2116:11

Local time (America/Menominee).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141728415464696759453321
Precip in1.41.11.72.83.53.73.43.43.63.31.91.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Iron Mtn-kingsford Wwtp, 2 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer15 obs
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird6 obs
  • hoary alyssum5 obs
  • hound's-tongue4 obs
  • eastern white pine4 obs
  • great mullein4 obs
  • Velvet-footed Tap4 obs
  • jellied false coral fungus4 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/285977699

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