Historic Elberta Waterfront Park
Historic Elberta Waterfront Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 177 m. Champion Hill stands 337 m to the east, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Frankfort Iron Works, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 177 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mineral Springs Park: 0.3 mi
- Open Space Park: 0.3 mi
- Rotary Park: 0.4 mi
- Tot Park: 0.4 mi
- Veterans Park: 0.5 mi
- Elbert Dunes South Natural Area: 1.0 mi
- Betsie River State Game Area: 2.2 mi
- Green Point Dunes Nature Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Betsie Dunes Nature Santuary: 3.4 mi
- Donald E. Hart Plant Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Elberta Bluffs: 0.3 mi
- Tank Hill: 0.6 mi
- Eden Hill: 8.2 mi
- Champion Hill: 10.3 mi
- Crystal Mountain: 13.7 mi
- Elberta Beach: 0.4 mi
- Frankfort Beach: 0.6 mi
- Congressional Summer Assembly Crystal Lake Beach: 2.6 mi
- Congressional Summer Assembly Lake Michigan Beach: 2.7 mi
- Chimney Corners Resort Beach: 4.5 mi
- Benzie Area Historical Museum: 6.4 mi
- Empire Area Museum: 15.5 mi
- Beeman Barn: 15.5 mi
- Lake Ann Historical Society Museum: 20.2 mi
- Kaleva Depot Museum: 20.6 mi
- Frankfort Iron Works: 0.0 mi
- Marquette's Death: 0.5 mi
- City of Frankfort Welcome Ferry Sign: 1.1 mi
- Archibald Jones & Benzie County River Improvement Co. Marker: 4.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 19.0 mi
- Frankfort North Breakwater Light: 0.9 mi
- Boathouse: 4.5 mi
- Pointe Betsie Lighthouse: 4.5 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 4.5 mi
- Marl Springs: 12.2 mi
- Old Facefull: 13.8 mi
- Dodge Spring: 19.9 mi
- Stockade Labyrinth: 13.3 mi
- "Two Bears": 23.0 mi
- Benzonia Roadside Park: 9.0 mi
- Empire Bluffs: 14.4 mi
- Jacktown: 16.0 mi
- Chuck Wagon: 19.2 mi
- Glen Arbor Gardens: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Historic Elberta Waterfront Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion Hill | E 84° | 337 m | 10.3 mi |
| Varney Hill | ENE 59° | 337 m | 20.3 mi |
| Crystal Mountain | ESE 122° | 332 m | 13.7 mi |
| Twin Mountains | ESE 103° | 332 m | 22.1 mi |
| Warner Hill | ENE 62° | 331 m | 19.9 mi |
| Turtle Lake Hill | E 95° | 308 m | 15.6 mi |
| Old Baldy Dune | NE 35° | 300 m | 13.7 mi |
| North Hills | ESE 109° | 299 m | 15.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:19 | 19:57 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:50 | 21:35 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:06 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 08:20 | 16:20 | 17:08 |
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 | 24 | 25 | 33 | 43 | 54 | 64 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 38 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Frankfort 2NE, 2 mi away.
- bladder campion39 obs
- Monarch31 obs
- White-tailed Deer25 obs
- hoary alyssum21 obs
- Ring-billed Gull17 obs
- viper's-bugloss16 obs
- common milkweed15 obs
- Canada Goose13 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/572772265
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