Lower Peninsula Experimental Forest
Lower Peninsula Experimental Forest is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 349 m. Grove Hill stands 521 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Peterson Bridge North Day Use and Boat Launch Area, a picnic site 1.5 miles away. 102 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Built
- 1954
- Elevation
- 349 m
What to expect
How to reach it
102 named places within 25 miles
- Cooley Bridge Roadside Park: 6.3 mi
- Dorner Lake Recreation Area: 7.9 mi
- Silver Creek State Forest Campground: 8.3 mi
- Skinner Park: 8.5 mi
- Tippy Dam State Recreation Area: 8.6 mi
- Luther Museum: 13.1 mi
- Mesick Historical Museum: 13.3 mi
- Bottle House Museum: 15.8 mi
- Carl T. Johnson Hunting and Fishing Center: 15.9 mi
- Kaleva Depot Museum: 16.0 mi
- Caberfae Peak: 3.1 mi
- Briar Hill: 11.2 mi
- Briar Hill: 13.5 mi
- Capper's Peak: 14.7 mi
- Udell Hills: 15.4 mi
- Oliver Family Nature Preserve Trail: 7.4 mi
- Sauble Township Community Gardens: 15.1 mi
- Kohn Family Nature Preserve: 15.7 mi
- Fletcher Creek Nature Preserve: 18.2 mi
- Waldeck Island Nature Preserve: 19.1 mi
- Peterson Bridge North Day Use and Boat Launch Area: 1.5 mi
- Udell Rollways Recreation Area: 15.3 mi
- Hoags Lake Day Use Area: 21.3 mi
- Crystal Lake Swimming Area: 9.2 mi
- Healy Lake Beach: 18.7 mi
- Adventure Island: 15.9 mi
- KISS Monument: 18.0 mi
- Tustin Rest Area 305: 16.4 mi
- Cadillac Rest Area 306: 17.7 mi
- Stockade Labyrinth: 24.0 mi
- Marlborough Cement Factory: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lower Peninsula Experimental Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grove Hill | ESE 104° | 520.9 m | 22.0 mi |
| Briar Hill | NNE 25° | 517 m | 11.2 mi |
| Caberfae Peak | ENE 65° | 452 m | 3.1 mi |
| Briar Hill | NNE 23° | 410 m | 13.5 mi |
| Twin Mountains | N 357° | 332 m | 23.3 mi |
| Crystal Mountain | NNW 332° | 332 m | 23.8 mi |
| North Hills | NNW 340° | 299 m | 25.0 mi |
| Capper's Peak | W 263° | 298 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:17 | 19:56 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:47 | 21:31 |
| September equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 08:16 | 16:20 | 17:08 |
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 | 20 | 22 | 30 | 42 | 54 | 64 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 35 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wellston 1N, 9 mi away.
- sugar maple8 obs
- American beech5 obs
- sassafras5 obs
- mapleleaf viburnum5 obs
- sharp-lobed hepatica5 obs
- eastern hemlock3 obs
- Solomon's plume3 obs
- white ash3 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1004491729
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- Cadillac · 19 mi
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