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Giants Foot Park

Giants Foot Park from directly overhead

Giants Foot Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 240 m. Summit Mountain stands 571 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Hurley Field, a park 0.3 miles away. 136 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates46.53470, -87.40590

136 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 58
Waterfalls: 13
  • Morgan Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Lower Carp Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Lower Morgan Meadows Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Morgan Meadows Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Warner Falls: 11.5 mi
Peaks: 12
Historic sites: 6
  • D.S.S.&A. Ore Dock #1: 0.8 mi
  • Harlow Farms First Homestead: 1.2 mi
  • Bartlett King: 5.4 mi
  • Forestville Fireplace: 7.5 mi
  • Jackson Mine Monument: 9.4 mi
Attractions: 6
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 Giants Foot Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Summit MountainWSW 241°571 m12.2 mi
Wewe HillsSW 225°493 m7.6 mi
Green HillsSW 225°467 m19.7 mi
Pilot KnobWSW 258°457 m13.2 mi
Ragged HillsSW 220°421 m5.3 mi
Kona HillsSW 229°416 m6.1 mi
Hogback MountainNW 321°372 m6.3 mi
Mount MarquetteSSE 169°337 m1.5 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 solstice08:3116:1417:06

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, 2 mi away.

  • eastern white pine238 obs
  • paper birch194 obs
  • northern red oak185 obs
  • Eastern Chipmunk163 obs
  • northern whitecedar162 obs
  • Jack pine160 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel156 obs
  • Mallard153 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/268916526

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