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Melrose Township Park

Melrose Township Park from directly overhead

Melrose Township Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 211 m. Watson Hills stands 438 m to the southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is World War II Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
211 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.26180, -84.93285

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Village Green Park: 0.1 mi
  • Jones Landing: 3.4 mi
  • Resort Township Pioneer Trails: 4.0 mi
  • Rotary Park: 4.5 mi
  • Riverside Park: 4.9 mi
Nature reserves
  • Norcross Family Preserve: 0.3 mi
  • North Shore Natural Area: 1.3 mi
  • Franklin J. Helle Memorial Nature Preserve: 1.5 mi
  • Postle Farm Preserve: 1.8 mi
  • South Arm Antrim Creek Natural Area: 2.0 mi
Attractions: 18
  • The Boulder: 1.1 mi
  • The Summit (hub): 4.7 mi
  • Russian Siebert Family Home Historic Site: 6.6 mi
  • Avalance Bay Indoor Waterpark: 6.7 mi
  • Highpoint Corner: 7.6 mi
Museums: 12
Historic sites: 11
Artworks: 8
Beaches: 5
Gardens: 5
Springs: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • Vanderbilt Rest Area 406: 16.0 mi
  • Topinabee Rest Area 407: 22.7 mi
  • Gaylord Rest Area 405: 24.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Watson HillsSE 128°438 m13.1 mi
Graham BenchmarkN 357°405 m14.7 mi
Nub's KnobN 6°398 m14.2 mi
Emmet HeightsN 356°395 m15.2 mi
Tower HillN 7°393 m14.0 mi
Deadmans HillS 181°393 m15.0 mi
Chandler HillsESE 111°382 m7.4 mi
Chandler HillE 95°372 m8.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:1319:52
June solstice05:5320:4621:32
September equinox07:2719:0019:39
December solstice08:1716:1117:01

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212332445767716962503827
Precip in2.61.71.93.13.23.22.93.53.94.43.32.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boyne Falls, 7 mi away.

  • eastern hemlock29 obs
  • American beech23 obs
  • eastern white pine22 obs
  • Tinder Polypore18 obs
  • intermediate wood fern17 obs
  • Common Shiner14 obs
  • Carolina Springbeauty12 obs
  • purple loosestrife11 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/603132651

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