Josephine Ford Park
Josephine Ford Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 179 m. Watson Hills stands 438 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Ephraim Shay Park, a park 0.1 miles away. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 179 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Ephraim Shay Park: 0.1 mi
- Lakefront Park: 0.2 mi
- Zoll Street Park: 0.2 mi
- Jean Jardine Park: 0.3 mi
- Zorn Park: 0.4 mi
- West Wequetonsing Nature Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Naas, Mauger, Raunecker Nature Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Leslie Nature Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Naas, Mauger, Raunecker Nature Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Bartley Nature Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Graham Benchmark: 3.4 mi
- Emmet Heights: 3.8 mi
- Pintail Peak: 4.4 mi
- Tower Hill: 4.6 mi
- Nub's Knob: 4.7 mi
- Steep Climb: 4.1 mi
- Overlook Cliff: 4.2 mi
- Scenic Waterfall: 4.2 mi
- Highpoint Corner: 4.2 mi
- Steep Climb: 4.3 mi
- Ignatius Petoskey: 3.9 mi
- Peace Pole: 3.9 mi
- Hemingway Statue: 4.0 mi
- Pennslyvania Park Cannon: 4.1 mi
- Foundation of Old Walloon Hotel Barn: 9.0 mi
- Blackbird Museum: 0.1 mi
- Bay View Historical Museum: 3.9 mi
- Little Traverse Historical Society and History Museum: 3.9 mi
- Little Traverse Historical Society: 3.9 mi
- Pellston Historical Society Museum: 12.8 mi
- Children Playing: 5.5 mi
- Ring of Bright Water II: 6.6 mi
- Block M Rock: 10.0 mi
- The Man on the Cross: 17.1 mi
- Shrine of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha: 17.2 mi
- Zorn Park Beach: 0.4 mi
- Peninsula Beach: 15.1 mi
- Lake Michigan Beach: 15.8 mi
- Devoe Beach: 17.6 mi
- Rose Garden Veranda: 3.9 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 4.3 mi
- Harris Gardens: 4.9 mi
- Mesochosm Area: 17.3 mi
- Bubbling Spring: 5.3 mi
- Alanson Fresh Spring Water Well: 9.7 mi
- Shotto Spring: 10.6 mi
- Topinabee Rest Area 407: 18.6 mi
- Hebron Rest Area 408: 23.0 mi
- Steak Ride: 10.7 mi
- Charlevoix South Pier Light: 15.6 mi
- Sturgeon Bay: 17.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Josephine Ford Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watson Hills | SSE 147° | 438 m | 23.5 mi |
| Graham Benchmark | NNE 28° | 405 m | 3.4 mi |
| Nub's Knob | ENE 57° | 398 m | 4.7 mi |
| Emmet Heights | NNE 21° | 395 m | 3.8 mi |
| Tower Hill | ENE 60° | 393 m | 4.6 mi |
| Chandler Hills | SSE 147° | 382 m | 17.0 mi |
| Chandler Hill | SE 139° | 372 m | 16.3 mi |
| Pintail Peak | ENE 61° | 368 m | 4.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:44 | 19:13 | 19:52 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:47 | 21:33 |
| September equinox | 07:28 | 19:00 | 19:39 |
| December solstice | 08:18 | 16:11 | 17:00 |
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 | 21 | 21 | 28 | 40 | 52 | 62 | 67 | 67 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Petoskey, 4 mi away.
- Mallard24 obs
- Common candy-striped spider23 obs
- Common Merganser14 obs
- northern whitecedar10 obs
- Canada Goose9 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel9 obs
- Arctic Tern8 obs
- striped maple8 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/552187602
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