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North Marquette Athletic Fields

North Marquette Athletic Fields from directly overhead

North Marquette Athletic Fields is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 187 m. Summit Mountain stands 571 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is NMU Hoop House, a garden 0.3 miles away. 136 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
187 m

How to reach it

Coordinates46.56594, -87.39740

136 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 58
Waterfalls: 13
  • Morgan Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Lower Carp Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Lower Morgan Meadows Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Morgan Meadows Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Little Garlic Falls: 11.1 mi
Peaks: 12
Beaches: 6
Historic sites: 6
  • D.S.S.&A. Ore Dock #1: 1.9 mi
  • Harlow Farms First Homestead: 2.0 mi
  • Bartlett King: 3.8 mi
  • Forestville Fireplace: 6.4 mi
  • Jackson Mine Monument: 10.4 mi
Attractions: 5
Gardens: 4
Cliffs: 4
Artworks: 3
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Marquette Welcome Center: 4.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Summit MountainSW 234°571 m13.7 mi
Wewe HillsSW 218°493 m9.5 mi
Green HillsSW 222°467 m21.5 mi
Pilot KnobWSW 250°457 m14.2 mi
Ragged HillsSSW 211°421 m7.3 mi
Kona HillsSW 219°416 m8.0 mi
Hogback MountainWNW 302°372 m5.1 mi
Mount MarquetteS 182°337 m3.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5419:2220:02
June solstice05:5721:0021:47
September equinox07:3719:0919:49
December solstice08:3216:1417:05

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192028385059666659473524
Precip in1.91.51.62.72.93.13.12.33.33.42.42.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marquette, 2 mi away.

  • Blue-spotted Salamander401 obs
  • eastern white pine265 obs
  • Canada Goose242 obs
  • Mallard228 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel227 obs
  • White-tailed Deer208 obs
  • northern red oak193 obs
  • paper birch182 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/1124278114

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