Legion County Park
Legion County Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 219 m. Mount Whittlesey stands 571 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Superior Falls, a waterfall 0.2 miles away. Black River Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off. 144 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 219 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Gogebic County Forestry and Parks
How to reach it
- 15.2 mi off the Black River Scenic Byway
- 23.3 mi off the Wisconsin Lake Superior Scenic Byway, National
144 named places within 25 miles
- Ohman's Creek Boating Access Site: 5.0 mi
- Little Girls Point County Park: 5.0 mi
- Iron County Fairgrounds: 5.2 mi
- Gogebic County Fairgrounds: 12.9 mi
- Curry Park: 13.0 mi
- Superior Falls: 0.2 mi
- Superior Falls: 0.4 mi
- Saxon Falls Road: 2.7 mi
- Lower Potato River Falls: 9.1 mi
- Upper Potato River Falls: 9.1 mi
- Hiawatha, World's Largest Indian Statue: 14.5 mi
- Big Powderhorn Welcome Sign: 16.8 mi
- Upcountry: 21.8 mi
- Young Elephant: 21.8 mi
- The Couple: 21.8 mi
- Bald Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Point Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Mount Zion: 13.3 mi
- Copper Peak: 15.6 mi
- Big Powderhorn Mountain: 15.8 mi
- Moka’aangiizisiban Tribal Museum: 11.9 mi
- Iron County Historical Museum: 13.7 mi
- Bessemer Area Historical Society: 18.4 mi
- Mellen Area Museum: 20.2 mi
- Ashland Historical Society Museum: 22.4 mi
- The Apostle Islands: 4.5 mi
- The City of Montreal: Site of the World's Deepest Iron Mine: 12.8 mi
- Vietnam Veterans War Memorial: 13.9 mi
- Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy: 21.4 mi
- Northland College: 21.8 mi
- Forests for the Future #8 Conservation Reserve: 18.2 mi
- Island Lake Hemlocks State Natural Area: 20.3 mi
- Caroline Lake State Natural Area: 21.1 mi
- South Shore Road Park: 21.9 mi
- Forest Park: 23.0 mi
- Plummer Mine Headframe Interpretive Park: 12.4 mi
- Artesian Well: 20.6 mi
- Ashland County Fairgrounds: 21.3 mi
- Locomotive 950: 22.3 mi
- Medicine Garden: 21.9 mi
- Zen Garden: 21.9 mi
- Veterans' Memorial Garden: 23.0 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 24.1 mi
- Hurley Rest Area 103: 12.6 mi
- Ironwood Welcome Center: 12.9 mi
- Memory Lane Roadside Park: 19.4 mi
- Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Legion County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whittlesey | SSW 208° | 571 m | 20.7 mi |
| Mount Whittlesey | SSW 208° | 571 m | 20.7 mi |
| Pleasant Lake Lookout | S 173° | 570 m | 22.4 mi |
| Mount Zion | ESE 118° | 525 m | 13.3 mi |
| Eagles Peak | SSW 209° | 507 m | 21.2 mi |
| Copper Peak | E 81° | 472 m | 15.6 mi |
| Bald Mountain | E 90° | 399 m | 3.8 mi |
| Point Mountain | E 79° | 381 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:34 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 20:12 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:21 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 15:26 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 13 | 16 | 27 | 39 | 52 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 58 | 45 | 32 | 20 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saxon 1wsw, 6 mi away.
- thimbleberry13 obs
- large-leaved aster9 obs
- tansy7 obs
- Ring-billed Gull6 obs
- great blue lobelia6 obs
- Eastern Phoebe4 obs
- bigtooth aspen4 obs
- blue vervain4 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/1123180138
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