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Mission Point Lighthouse Park

Mission Point Lighthouse Park from directly overhead

Mission Point Lighthouse Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 181 m. Exodus Hill stands 370 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Hessler Log Cabin, a attraction 0.1 miles away. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
181 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.99144, -85.47893

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Old Mission State Park: 0.5 mi
  • Haserot Park: 2.1 mi
  • Kelley Park: 2.3 mi
  • Dougherty Mission House Historic Site: 2.5 mi
  • Birch Lake Roadside Park: 5.7 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions: 24
  • Hessler Log Cabin: 0.1 mi
  • Hugh J. Gray Cairn: 6.9 mi
  • Stone Circle: 6.9 mi
  • 45th Parallel: 7.6 mi
  • Interpretive Display: 13.5 mi
Artworks: 23
Peaks: 20
Historic sites: 13
Beaches: 13
  • Haserot Beach: 2.1 mi
  • North Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Public Access: 12.2 mi
  • Torch Lake Sand Bar Public Access Point: 12.3 mi
  • Public Access: 12.4 mi
Museums: 13
  • Eyaawing Museum and Cultural Center: 6.5 mi
  • Elk Rapids Area Historical Museum: 7.2 mi
  • Guntzviller's Taxidermy and Spirit of the Woods Museum: 8.6 mi
  • Northport Area Museum: 11.6 mi
  • Alden Depot Museum: 12.6 mi
Gardens: 11

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Exodus HillSW 216°370 m19.2 mi
Gallagher HillSW 220°355 m19.1 mi
Mount BundyE 94°347 m20.5 mi
Varney HillSW 233°337 m24.6 mi
Richardson HillNE 55°331 m22.8 mi
Fouch HillSW 225°321 m16.3 mi
Sugarloaf MountainWSW 252°319 m17.6 mi
Hickory HillSSW 211°301 m17.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:1619:54
June solstice05:5620:4821:33
September equinox07:3019:0319:41
December solstice08:1816:1517:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232331425464696861503930
Precip in1.81.21.42.83.03.02.83.33.64.02.42.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OLD Mission 3ssw, 5 mi away.

  • bladder campion23 obs
  • large white trillium18 obs
  • American Redstart12 obs
  • Ghost Pipe12 obs
  • common silverweed12 obs
  • eastern hemlock10 obs
  • Scarlet Tanager9 obs
  • American beech8 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/654405171

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