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Gilbert Park

Gilbert Park from directly overhead

Gilbert Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 258 m. Briar Hill stands 410 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Bullhead Lake Natural Area, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
258 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.73912, -85.77639

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Taylor Park: 0.9 mi
  • Westfield Meadows Park: 1.1 mi
  • Heather Ridge Park: 1.2 mi
  • Crescent Shores Boat Launch Site: 1.2 mi
  • Haywood Park: 1.3 mi
Peaks: 27
Artworks: 25
Museums: 23
Attractions: 16
  • The Cistern: 6.4 mi
  • World's Largest Cherry Pie - Pan: 7.4 mi
  • Suspendend Overlook: 7.9 mi
  • Rope Swing: 8.3 mi
  • S-Curve: 14.1 mi
Historic sites: 15
  • Veterans Memorial: 5.1 mi
  • Gravesite of Traverse Colantha Walker: 6.4 mi
  • Grand Traverse Veterans Memorial: 6.9 mi
  • St. Francis A.D. 1887: 7.7 mi
  • Larry Cole Hardy: 8.0 mi
Beaches: 14
Gardens: 11
  • Pollinator Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Traverse City Community Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Koeze Stable Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Secret Garden: 6.4 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 2
  • Dodge Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Marl Springs: 14.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Benzonia Roadside Park: 21.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Briar HillSSE 167°410 m24.2 mi
Exodus HillENE 60°370 m3.8 mi
Gallagher HillNE 41°355 m3.6 mi
Varney HillWNW 297°337 m5.7 mi
Champion HillWSW 242°337 m14.0 mi
Twin MountainsS 185°332 m12.8 mi
Crystal MountainSW 216°332 m18.5 mi
Warner HillWNW 287°331 m5.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:1719:56
June solstice05:5820:4821:33
September equinox07:3119:0419:43
December solstice08:1816:1717:06

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222230415464696860483727
Precip in2.72.02.13.43.42.92.83.23.64.13.22.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Traverse City Munson, 7 mi away.

  • Oregon grape17 obs
  • Common Loon10 obs
  • common milkweed10 obs
  • eastern hemlock10 obs
  • American groundnut10 obs
  • Broad-leaved helleborine9 obs
  • large white trillium9 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit8 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/189706018

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