Longyear Park
Longyear Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 448 m. Mount Whittlesey stands 571 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Kuitunen Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Black River Scenic Byway passes 5.8 miles off. 97 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Black River Scenic Byway
97 named places within 25 miles
- Kuitunen Park: 0.3 mi
- Downtown Art Park: 0.4 mi
- Downtown Ironwood Pocket Park: 0.5 mi
- Downtown City Square: 0.5 mi
- Memorial Field: 0.5 mi
- Interstate Falls: 1.6 mi
- Saxon Falls Road: 11.0 mi
- Algonquin Falls: 12.0 mi
- Upson Falls: 12.7 mi
- Great Conglomerate Falls: 13.3 mi
- Mount Zion: 1.4 mi
- Big Powderhorn Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Point Mountain: 10.3 mi
- Bald Mountain: 10.6 mi
- Copper Peak: 10.7 mi
- Forests for the Future #8 Conservation Reserve: 6.8 mi
- Island Lake Hemlocks State Natural Area: 13.5 mi
- Moose Lake State Natural Area: 17.1 mi
- Mercer Station: 20.7 mi
- Caroline Lake State Natural Area: 21.7 mi
- Iron County Historical Museum: 0.8 mi
- Bessemer Area Historical Society: 6.2 mi
- Wakefield Historical Society: 11.3 mi
- Mellen Area Museum: 24.8 mi
- Vietnam Veterans War Memorial: 1.0 mi
- The City of Montreal: Site of the World's Deepest Iron Mine: 3.2 mi
- The Apostle Islands: 12.2 mi
- Marenisco Veterans Memorial: 23.6 mi
- Ironwood Welcome Center: 0.6 mi
- Hurley Rest Area 103: 1.0 mi
- Memory Lane Roadside Park: 7.3 mi
- Hiawatha, World's Largest Indian Statue: 0.9 mi
- Big Powderhorn Welcome Sign: 4.7 mi
- Nee-gaw-nee-gaw-bow: 11.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Longyear Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whittlesey | WSW 243° | 571 m | 23.6 mi |
| Mount Whittlesey | WSW 243° | 571 m | 23.6 mi |
| Pleasant Lake Lookout | SSW 210° | 570 m | 17.0 mi |
| Wolf Mountain | E 93° | 553 m | 19.3 mi |
| Porcupine Peak | NE 44° | 530 m | 22.3 mi |
| Mount Zion | NNE 18° | 525 m | 1.4 mi |
| Eagles Peak | WSW 243° | 507 m | 24.4 mi |
| Copper Peak | NNE 23° | 472 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:34 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 20:11 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:21 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 15:26 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/Menominee).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 12 | 15 | 25 | 38 | 52 | 62 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 44 | 30 | 18 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ironwood, under a mile away.
- tansy14 obs
- interrupted fern14 obs
- bluebead lily13 obs
- yellow trout lily11 obs
- box elder10 obs
- Solomon's plume10 obs
- partridgeberry10 obs
- common bracken9 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/360259172
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