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Hopkins Park

Hopkins Park from directly overhead

Hopkins Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 237 m. Briar Hill stands 517 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is May Buell Park, a park 1.6 miles away. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
237 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates44.42454, -86.14680

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Beaches: 13
  • Healy Lake Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Lakeshore Public Access Beach: 11.8 mi
  • North Beach: 14.2 mi
  • Beulah Beach: 14.3 mi
  • Elberta Beach: 14.5 mi
Peaks: 13
Historic sites: 4
Lighthouses: 4
Picnic sites: 3
Springs: 2
  • Old Facefull: 4.9 mi
  • Marl Springs: 23.3 mi
Artworks: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Benzonia Roadside Park: 8.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Briar HillE 100°517 m23.4 mi
Caberfae PeakESE 121°452 m24.8 mi
Briar HillE 94°410 m23.7 mi
Champion HillNNE 21°337 m16.2 mi
Crystal MountainNE 47°332 m10.0 mi
Twin MountainsENE 62°332 m19.4 mi
Turtle Lake HillNE 42°308 m16.9 mi
North HillsNE 47°299 m13.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:1919:57
June solstice06:0120:4921:33
September equinox07:3219:0619:44
December solstice08:1816:2017:08

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232432445565696862503828
Precip in2.51.82.13.53.23.33.03.43.54.53.12.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beulah 7ssw, 7 mi away.

  • sensitive fern6 obs
  • Green Frog5 obs
  • Northern Leopard Frog4 obs
  • American pokeweed3 obs
  • chicory3 obs
  • northern spicebush3 obs
  • large white trillium3 obs
  • Red-spotted Admiral3 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/631703446

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