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Miners Park

Miners Park from directly overhead

Miners Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 430 m. Summit Mountain stands 571 m to the south-southwest, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Jackson Mine Monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates46.51294, -87.60209

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks: 14
Waterfalls: 12
  • Warner Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Morgan Meadows Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Lower Morgan Meadows Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Lower Carp Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Morgan Falls: 7.8 mi
Historic sites: 6
Beaches: 6
Attractions: 5
Gardens: 4
Cliffs: 4
Artworks: 3
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Marquette Welcome Center: 11.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Summit MountainSSW 197°571 m4.6 mi
Wewe HillsSE 134°493 m5.5 mi
Green HillsSSW 200°467 m13.2 mi
Ives HillNNW 333°460 m24.3 mi
Pilot KnobWSW 250°457 m3.8 mi
Ragged HillsESE 113°421 m6.5 mi
Kona HillsESE 118°416 m5.4 mi
Hogback MountainNE 40°372 m8.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5419:2320:03
June solstice05:5821:0121:48
September equinox07:3819:1019:50
December solstice08:3216:1517:06

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141625375161656456443120
Precip in2.32.22.73.43.43.33.12.94.04.02.92.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marquette, 3 mi away.

  • common milkweed18 obs
  • eastern white pine15 obs
  • box elder14 obs
  • common buckthorn12 obs
  • paper birch11 obs
  • pipsissewa11 obs
  • Ghost Pipe10 obs
  • red osier dogwood10 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/325905991

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