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Markey Park

Markey Park from directly overhead

Markey Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 350 m. Cote Dame Marie stands 456 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Playhouse, a park 3.9 miles away. 144 named places lie within 25 miles, 53 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
350 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.35397, -84.67708

144 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 53
Parks: 44
  • Playhouse: 3.9 mi
  • Denton Township Park: 3.9 mi
  • South Higgins Lake State Park: 5.1 mi
  • Houghton Lake Public Water Access Site: 5.8 mi
  • Backus Township park: 6.9 mi
Attractions: 18
  • Red Pine Tree: 19.9 mi
  • Oak stump: 19.9 mi
  • Wagon Train: 20.0 mi
  • GRavel Pit: 20.0 mi
  • Big Oak Tree: 20.0 mi
Museums: 8
Historic sites: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Nine Mile Hill Rest Area 434: 4.7 mi
  • Grayling Rest Area 403: 17.9 mi
  • West Branch Rest Area 433: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Beach Area: 20.5 mi
Artworks: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cote Dame MarieNNW 341°456 m17.9 mi
Cleary HillNNW 329°446 m19.7 mi
Wagon Wheel HillENE 74°445 m24.6 mi
Olsen HillNNW 343°444 m17.6 mi
Taylor HillNNW 343°439 m18.2 mi
Three Sisters RangeNNW 343°431 m18.1 mi
BaldyWNW 299°427 m20.2 mi
Preachers HillE 91°424 m18.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1319:51
June solstice05:5520:4321:27
September equinox07:2619:0019:38
December solstice08:1216:1517:03

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192030425564686658473626
Precip in1.71.41.83.13.13.22.72.92.63.12.21.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Houghton Lake Roscommon CO AP, under a mile away.

  • Spongy Moth5 obs
  • American white waterlily3 obs
  • American Toad3 obs
  • Painted Turtle2 obs
  • Ghost Pipe2 obs
  • common ragweed2 obs
  • Yellow Perch2 obs
  • great mullein2 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/966229155

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