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High Rollway Roadside Park

High Rollway Roadside Park from directly overhead

High Rollway Roadside Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 246 m. Brady Hills stands 313 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Street Access, a park 2.5 miles away. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Michigan Department of Transportation

How to reach it

Coordinates43.40603, -85.72071

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pine Street Access: 2.5 mi
  • Bills Lake Public Access: 2.6 mi
  • Hess Lake Boating Access Site: 3.2 mi
  • Charles Besemer Muskegon River Park: 3.4 mi
  • Ransom Lake Boating Access Site: 3.5 mi
Attractions: 19
  • Fruit Ridge Hayrides: 15.6 mi
  • Caboose Museum Exhibit: 16.5 mi
  • Loda Lake National Wildflower Sanctuary: 17.0 mi
  • Jane's Landing: 19.9 mi
  • Boulder Jump: 21.4 mi
Artworks: 14
  • Fish Head: 4.2 mi
  • Celebration: 22.6 mi
  • Victory Bell: 22.7 mi
  • Bulldog: 22.7 mi
  • Muse: 22.8 mi
Nature reserves: 7
  • Newaygo Prarie Sanctuary: 3.1 mi
  • Howard Christensen Nature Center: 10.2 mi
  • Maple Island Boating Access Site: 16.7 mi
  • Santer Nature Preserve: 22.3 mi
  • Brower Lake Nature Preserve: 22.8 mi
Museums: 6
  • Newaygo County Museum and Heritage Center: 4.1 mi
  • Cedar Springs Museum & Historical Society: 15.5 mi
  • Toledo, Saginaw & Muskegon Railway Depot: 16.5 mi
  • Community House: 16.9 mi
  • Jim Crow Museum of Racist Imagery: 22.8 mi
Peaks: 6
Beaches: 5
  • Sunset Beach: 22.0 mi
  • Aquatics: 23.8 mi
  • Pirates Cove: 24.1 mi
  • Blackhawk Waterfront: 24.7 mi
  • Turtle Beach: 24.9 mi
Historic sites: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • Morley Rest Area 533: 12.8 mi
  • Rockford Rest Area 525: 19.6 mi
  • Big Rapids Rest Area 534: 19.6 mi
Gardens: 2
Springs: 2
  • Eagle Springs: 24.2 mi
  • Shrew Springs: 24.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Clay Cliff: 23.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Brady HillsE 87°313 m19.2 mi
Skidder HillNNW 340°301 m19.0 mi
Cheney HillsSE 134°291 m15.5 mi
Maple HillESE 102°273 m12.4 mi
Bettes Tower HillS 182°260 m17.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:1819:55
June solstice06:0320:4421:28
September equinox07:3119:0419:42
December solstice08:1316:2417:10

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534455766706961503829
Precip in2.61.82.63.84.23.83.23.33.14.13.52.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kent City 2 SW, 14 mi away.

  • goat's rue10 obs
  • spotted horsemint10 obs
  • flowering spurge7 obs
  • Brown Trout6 obs
  • Sundial Lupine6 obs
  • Spongy Moth5 obs
  • rough blazing star5 obs
  • Green Heron4 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/1081235570

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