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Joseph N. Hale Memorial Park

Joseph N. Hale Memorial Park from directly overhead

Joseph N. Hale Memorial Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 410 m. Comstock Hills stands 439 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is 4-Season Mural, a artwork 0.1 miles away. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
City of Gaylord

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates45.02536, -84.67760

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Gaylord Gateway Trailhead: 0.2 mi
  • Claude Shannon Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Pontresina Park & Community Dog Park: 0.2 mi
  • Freel Park: 0.4 mi
  • George Doumas Park: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves: 55
  • North Branch of the Boyne River Nature Preserve: 13.7 mi
  • Big Cedar Nature Preserve: 13.8 mi
  • Three Bears Mountain Nature Preserve: 14.0 mi
  • Eva and Vern Hanel, Jr. Nature Preserve: 17.1 mi
  • Marvin Memorial Nature Preserve: 18.2 mi
Peaks: 19
Museums: 7
Historic sites: 6
Attractions: 5
  • Avalance Bay Indoor Waterpark: 15.6 mi
  • Quick Dip: 16.9 mi
  • The Boulder: 21.6 mi
  • Browns Creek Pathway: 23.1 mi
  • The Summit (hub): 23.6 mi
Artworks: 3
  • 4-Season Mural: 0.1 mi
  • Greeting from Gaylord Mural: 0.2 mi
  • Wings Mural: 0.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Gaylord Rest Area 405: 4.0 mi
  • Vanderbilt Rest Area 406: 5.7 mi
  • Hartwick Pines Rest Area 404: 19.0 mi
Beaches: 3
  • North Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Main Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Peninsula Beach: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Comstock HillsESE 123°439 m21.1 mi
Watson HillsNNW 345°438 m8.5 mi
Redner HillSSE 159°430 m11.4 mi
Toll HillSSW 202°430 m14.4 mi
Bald HillSSE 156°426 m22.7 mi
Rosecrans HillSSE 149°415 m11.3 mi
Deadmans HillW 276°393 m12.8 mi
Chandler HillsNNW 338°382 m14.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1219:51
June solstice05:5320:4521:30
September equinox07:2618:5919:38
December solstice08:1516:1117:00

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F181828405362676558463424
Precip in1.21.11.42.73.02.82.83.23.63.62.31.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gaylord Otsego CO AP, under a mile away.

  • bladder campion27 obs
  • hoary alyssum26 obs
  • Leafy Spurge Hawkmoth25 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull24 obs
  • common milkweed18 obs
  • spotted knapweed18 obs
  • Pine Grosbeak17 obs
  • Green Frog16 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/840364452

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