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Kinross Township Park

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Kinross Township Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 242 m. Maple Hill stands 300 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Kinross Lake Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Whitefish Bay Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off. 126 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
242 m

How to reach it

Coordinates46.26930, -84.49883

126 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 40
Nature reserves: 36
Cliffs: 13
  • Old Vessel Point: 16.7 mi
  • Stribling Point: 18.5 mi
  • Coyle Point: 18.6 mi
  • Green Point: 18.6 mi
  • Reed Point: 18.7 mi
Museums: 12
Peaks: 8
Attractions: 5
Historic sites: 2
  • Old Wilson School: 0.3 mi
  • Historic Caldwell Log Cabin: 0.3 mi
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Sault Sainte Marie Rest Area: 11.9 mi
  • Sault Sainte Marie Welcome Center: 16.6 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Peck St. Community Garden: 17.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Maple HillWSW 241°300 m15.7 mi
Mission HillNNW 329°295 m16.4 mi
Peek-A-Boo HillSSE 164°222 m18.1 mi
Oneway HillNE 42°206 m15.6 mi
Velvet HillNE 42°201 m15.1 mi
Brulee PointS 175°179 m20.7 mi
Horse Rock PointS 175°177 m19.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1119:51
June solstice05:4720:4821:34
September equinox07:2618:5819:38
December solstice08:1916:0416:55

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F171928405262666558463424
Precip in2.01.51.93.22.73.14.13.13.94.43.42.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rudyard 4N, 4 mi away.

  • Ruffed Grouse5 obs
  • northern red oak4 obs
  • eastern white pine4 obs
  • White-tailed Deer3 obs
  • paper birch3 obs
  • sugar maple3 obs
  • great mullein3 obs
  • Snowy Owl3 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/608790150

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