Molessa County Park
Molessa County Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 368 m. Summit Peak stands 595 m to the northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Powderhorn Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Black River Scenic Byway passes 0.5 miles off. 93 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Black River Scenic Byway
93 named places within 25 miles
- Airport Park: 2.2 mi
- Bluff Valley Park: 2.6 mi
- Ethnic Commons Park: 3.0 mi
- Bessemer Pocket Park: 3.1 mi
- Barber Field Park: 3.6 mi
- Interstate Falls: 6.0 mi
- Algonquin Falls: 7.0 mi
- Great Conglomerate Falls: 8.1 mi
- Potawatomi Falls: 8.6 mi
- Gorge Falls: 8.7 mi
- Big Powderhorn Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Mount Zion: 4.7 mi
- Copper Peak: 5.8 mi
- Point Mountain: 11.0 mi
- Bald Mountain: 12.3 mi
- Forests for the Future #8 Conservation Reserve: 2.4 mi
- Island Lake Hemlocks State Natural Area: 19.1 mi
- Moose Lake State Natural Area: 21.8 mi
- Mercer Station: 24.1 mi
- Vietnam Veterans War Memorial: 6.7 mi
- The City of Montreal: Site of the World's Deepest Iron Mine: 9.0 mi
- The Apostle Islands: 16.1 mi
- Marenisco Veterans Memorial: 21.0 mi
- Big Powderhorn Welcome Sign: 2.4 mi
- Hiawatha, World's Largest Indian Statue: 5.8 mi
- Nee-gaw-nee-gaw-bow: 7.5 mi
- Bessemer Area Historical Society: 3.2 mi
- Iron County Historical Museum: 6.5 mi
- Wakefield Historical Society: 7.6 mi
- Memory Lane Roadside Park: 3.8 mi
- Ironwood Welcome Center: 6.0 mi
- Hurley Rest Area 103: 6.3 mi
- Bobcat Lake Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Molessa County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Peak | NE 43° | 595 m | 21.8 mi |
| Pleasant Lake Lookout | SW 214° | 570 m | 22.7 mi |
| Wolf Mountain | ESE 109° | 553 m | 15.9 mi |
| Porcupine Peak | NE 43° | 530 m | 16.4 mi |
| Mount Zion | SW 235° | 525 m | 4.7 mi |
| Copper Peak | N 359° | 472 m | 5.8 mi |
| Miscowawbic Peak | NE 36° | 438 m | 23.3 mi |
| LaFayette Peak | NE 35° | 404 m | 22.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:33 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 20:11 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:20 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 15:25 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/Menominee).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 11 | 15 | 26 | 38 | 52 | 62 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 44 | 30 | 19 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ironwood #2, 4 mi away.
- northern whitecedar4 obs
- sessile bellwort4 obs
- large white trillium3 obs
- American Robin2 obs
- White-tailed Deer2 obs
- prickly cucumber2 obs
- Monarch2 obs
- star-flowered lily-of-the-valley2 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/738572618
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