North Higgins Lake State Park
North Higgins Lake State Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 355 m. Cote Dame Marie stands 456 m to the north-northwest, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is C.C.C. Worker, a historic site 0.3 miles away. 123 named places lie within 25 miles, 50 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 355 m
What to expect
How to reach it
123 named places within 25 miles
- Pioneer Ski Hill: 4.3 mi
- Olsen Hill: 6.0 mi
- Cote Dame Marie: 6.3 mi
- Three Sisters Range: 6.5 mi
- Taylor Hill: 6.6 mi
- Lyon Township Park: 2.2 mi
- Scotch Pine Road End Public Leisure Area: 3.5 mi
- South Higgins Lake State Park: 7.1 mi
- Meads Landing: 8.0 mi
- Wallace Park: 8.1 mi
- Wagon Train: 9.8 mi
- Zip Line: 9.8 mi
- Climbing Wall: 9.8 mi
- The President: 9.8 mi
- Red Pine Tree: 9.9 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps Museum: 0.3 mi
- Wellington Farm Park: 5.0 mi
- Roscommon Area Historical Society Museum: 7.9 mi
- Au Sable River Center: 7.9 mi
- Crawford County Historical Museum: 10.4 mi
- Marguerite Gahagan Nature Preserve: 7.4 mi
- Na Wak Wa Club: 13.1 mi
- Black River Conservation Association: 15.2 mi
- Upper Manistee Headwaters: The Milock Family Preserve: 20.6 mi
- Papoose Lake Nature Sanctuary: 21.7 mi
- C.C.C. Worker: 0.3 mi
- Fort: 9.9 mi
- St Helens Vetrens manoument: 19.4 mi
- Veterans Monuments: 20.1 mi
- Grayling Rest Area 403: 7.3 mi
- Nine Mile Hill Rest Area 434: 11.1 mi
- Hartwick Pines Rest Area 404: 16.6 mi
- Pere Cheney: 7.2 mi
- Deward: 22.9 mi
- Beach Area: 10.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of North Higgins Lake State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cote Dame Marie | NNW 341° | 456 m | 6.3 mi |
| Cleary Hill | NW 313° | 446 m | 8.7 mi |
| Olsen Hill | NNW 346° | 444 m | 6.0 mi |
| Taylor Hill | NNW 347° | 439 m | 6.6 mi |
| Three Sisters Range | NNW 347° | 431 m | 6.5 mi |
| Toll Hill | N 356° | 430 m | 22.1 mi |
| Baldy | W 265° | 427 m | 13.9 mi |
| Bald Hill | NE 41° | 426 m | 19.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:13 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:43 | 21:28 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 08:13 | 16:14 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 19 | 28 | 41 | 54 | 64 | 68 | 66 | 58 | 46 | 34 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grayling, 10 mi away.
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit14 obs
- Spongy Moth13 obs
- Canada mayflower11 obs
- northern starflower11 obs
- common bracken10 obs
- northern whitecedar10 obs
- balsam fir10 obs
- hoary alyssum8 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.
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