Great Turtle Park
Great Turtle Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 242 m. Maple Hill stands 300 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. 183 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.
How to reach it
183 named places within 25 miles
- Jahn, Martin and Reinhardt Family Nature Preserve: 7.1 mi
- Dousman's Mill State Historic Site: 8.2 mi
- Hathaway Family's Regina Caeli Nature Preserve: 8.5 mi
- Poupard Bay Nature Preserve: 10.7 mi
- Search Bay Nature Preserve: 11.2 mi
- Marquette park: 0.6 mi
- Woodfill Park: 0.7 mi
- Hubbard's Annex Park: 0.7 mi
- Windermere Point: 0.9 mi
- Brown's Brook State Roadside Park: 1.3 mi
- Fort Holmes: 0.4 mi
- Mackinac Conference: 0.5 mi
- Fort Mackinac: 0.6 mi
- Trinity Church: 0.6 mi
- American Fur Company Store: 0.6 mi
- Stuart House City Museum: 0.7 mi
- The Richard & Jane Manoogian Mackinac Art Museum: 0.7 mi
- Biddle House: 0.7 mi
- Michilimackinac Historical Society & Fort de Baude Museum: 4.7 mi
- Museum of Ojibwa Culture: 5.2 mi
- Fort Hill: 0.4 mi
- Holmes Hill: 0.9 mi
- Sunset Rock (Chimney Rock): 1.1 mi
- St. Anthony's Rock: 5.0 mi
- Rabbit Back Peak: 6.4 mi
- Crack in the Island: 0.8 mi
- Mystery Town USA: 7.6 mi
- Mystery Spot: 8.9 mi
- Sea Shell City: 15.5 mi
- Nautical North Family Adventures: 16.5 mi
- Saint Ignace Welcome Center: 4.7 mi
- Saint Ignace Rest Area: 6.0 mi
- Mackinaw City Welcome Center 409: 7.8 mi
- Hebron Rest Area 408: 13.9 mi
- Topinabee Rest Area 407: 24.6 mi
- Owl Majestic (aka "Hootie Owl"): 16.3 mi
- Lake Huron: 16.3 mi
- Shimmy: 16.3 mi
- Bald Eagle Catching Fish: 24.2 mi
- Dwightwood Springs: 0.9 mi
- Dablott Spring: 1.2 mi
- The Big Spring: 24.1 mi
- Kiwanis Beach: 5.2 mi
- Chain Lake Beach: 5.9 mi
- Sandy Cove: 20.7 mi
- Secret Garden: 0.6 mi
- Mesochosm Area: 20.9 mi
- Arch Rock: 0.8 mi
- Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse: 7.1 mi
- Sturgeon Bay: 21.1 mi
- Manitou Payment Highbanks: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Great Turtle Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Hill | NNW 340° | 300 m | 22.0 mi |
| Peek-A-Boo Hill | NE 45° | 222 m | 15.5 mi |
| Rabbit Back Peak | NW 313° | 212 m | 6.4 mi |
| Castle Rock | WNW 303° | 210 m | 6.7 mi |
| Billiau Hill | SW 232° | 207 m | 20.4 mi |
| Mount Nebo | WSW 238° | 201 m | 14.5 mi |
| St. Anthony's Rock | W 278° | 183 m | 5.0 mi |
| Brulee Point | NE 45° | 179 m | 10.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:12 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:47 | 21:33 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 08:18 | 16:07 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 18 | 27 | 38 | 50 | 61 | 66 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Ignace, 5 mi away.
- yellow lady's slipper134 obs
- Ring-billed Gull98 obs
- northern whitecedar94 obs
- Solomon's plume90 obs
- Monarch81 obs
- Herb Robert81 obs
- large white trillium71 obs
- red-berried elder66 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/31336173
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