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Kaleva Roadside Park

Kaleva Roadside Park from directly overhead

Kaleva Roadside Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 228 m. Briar Hill stands 517 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Kaleva Centennial Walkway, a park 0.3 miles away. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
228 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.37195, -86.01832

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums: 15
Peaks: 14
  • Crystal Mountain: 10.5 mi
  • Udell Hills: 12.1 mi
  • Capper's Peak: 12.8 mi
  • North Hills: 13.3 mi
  • Twin Mountains: 16.6 mi
Beaches: 12
  • Healy Lake Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Crystal Lake Swimming Area: 11.1 mi
  • Lakeshore Public Access Beach: 15.2 mi
  • North Beach: 16.9 mi
  • Fifth Avenue Beach: 18.0 mi
Historic sites: 4
Lighthouses: 4
Picnic sites: 3
Artworks: 2
Springs: 1
  • Old Facefull: 11.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Benzonia Roadside Park: 12.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Briar HillE 91°517 m16.7 mi
Caberfae PeakESE 122°452 m17.5 mi
Briar HillE 84°410 m17.3 mi
Champion HillN 359°337 m18.7 mi
Crystal MountainN 5°332 m10.5 mi
Twin MountainsNE 40°332 m16.6 mi
Pierce HillNE 43°322 m23.6 mi
Turtle Lake HillNNE 17°308 m17.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4819:1819:57
June solstice06:0120:4821:33
September equinox07:3219:0519:43
December solstice08:1816:2017:08

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202230425464676659473525
Precip in2.92.02.33.73.63.53.32.83.64.23.62.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wellston 1N, 10 mi away.

  • common milkweed2 obs
  • Allegheny monkeyflower2 obs
  • Cecropia Moth2 obs
  • spotted horsemint2 obs
  • Wood Thrush1 obs
  • Barred Owl1 obs
  • Common Watersnake1 obs
  • Common Snapping Turtle1 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/438882628

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