Grace Macdonald Park
Grace Macdonald Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 272 m. Briar Hill stands 517 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Gazebo Rose Park, a park 0.5 miles away. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 272 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- East Bay Charter Township
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Gazebo Rose Park: 0.5 mi
- Arbutus Lake No. 5 Park: 0.5 mi
- Kelly Park: 0.6 mi
- Fritts Park: 0.6 mi
- Killingsworth Park: 0.7 mi
- Dennos Museum Center: 6.7 mi
- Music House Museum: 7.5 mi
- Fife Lake Historical Museum: 10.7 mi
- Guntzviller's Taxidermy and Spirit of the Woods Museum: 13.7 mi
- Elk Rapids Area Historical Museum: 15.3 mi
- Observation Hill: 3.8 mi
- McCrea Hill: 7.4 mi
- Carpenter Hill: 8.1 mi
- Wayne Hill: 9.4 mi
- Hickory Hill: 9.7 mi
- Woodchip Hill: 2.3 mi
- S-Curve: 2.4 mi
- The Chute: 3.4 mi
- 6k Hill: 3.4 mi
- Hill to the Lake: 3.5 mi
- Northrup Grave: 4.9 mi
- Kingsley Veterans Memorial: 7.1 mi
- St. Francis A.D. 1887: 7.4 mi
- Larry Cole Hardy: 7.6 mi
- Grand Traverse Veterans Memorial: 8.1 mi
- Hull Park Butterfly Garden: 7.0 mi
- Challengers Island Garden: 7.1 mi
- Salvation Army Daycare Garden: 7.1 mi
- Archangel Gabriel Community Garden: 7.3 mi
- Secret Garden: 8.1 mi
- West End Beach: 8.6 mi
- Torch Lake Sand Bar Public Access Point: 14.7 mi
- Public Access: 15.3 mi
- North Beach: 15.7 mi
- Archie Valleau Landing: 17.7 mi
- Chuck Wagon: 18.1 mi
- Dodge Spring: 23.2 mi
- Jacktown: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Grace Macdonald Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briar Hill | SSW 201° | 517 m | 23.6 mi |
| Briar Hill | SSW 202° | 410 m | 21.3 mi |
| Exodus Hill | WNW 300° | 370 m | 11.4 mi |
| Twentyone Hill | ESE 115° | 358 m | 19.0 mi |
| Twentyone Hill | ESE 118° | 357 m | 19.3 mi |
| Gallagher Hill | WNW 301° | 355 m | 12.5 mi |
| Varney Hill | WNW 289° | 337 m | 19.3 mi |
| Twin Mountains | WSW 238° | 332 m | 16.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:16 | 19:54 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:47 | 21:32 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 08:17 | 16:17 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 24 | 32 | 43 | 55 | 66 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Traverse CY Cherry Capital AP, 5 mi away.
- eastern white pine15 obs
- common bracken12 obs
- Painted Turtle10 obs
- Bluegill10 obs
- American Toad10 obs
- Common Loon9 obs
- Pileated Woodpecker9 obs
- Ghost Pipe9 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/894279209
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