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Ontonagon County Park

Ontonagon County Park from directly overhead

Ontonagon County Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 396 m. Summit Peak stands 595 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Gogebic Lake State Park, a nature reserve 6.8 miles away. Black River Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off. 85 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates46.54954, -89.62398

85 named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls: 31
  • Cascade Creek Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Nonesuch Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Overlooked Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Greenstone Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Gleason Falls: 16.0 mi
Parks: 21
Peaks: 14
Museums: 4
Historic sites: 3
  • Marenisco Veterans Memorial: 12.3 mi
  • Victoria Mine "New" Shaft No. 2 Hoist House: 21.3 mi
  • North Bruce Lutheran Church (ruins): 21.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Artworks: 2
Cliffs: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Lake Gogebic State Park Beach: 7.0 mi
Springs: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Memory Lane Roadside Park: 19.8 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Sand Dunes: 20.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Summit PeakNNW 333°595 m15.3 mi
Government PeakNNW 343°559 m16.9 mi
Wolf MountainSW 223°553 m10.2 mi
Porcupine PeakNW 312°530 m14.4 mi
Alligator EyeSSE 159°481 m8.8 mi
Cuyahoga PeakNNW 347°480 m18.8 mi
Copper PeakW 279°472 m22.4 mi
Cloud PeakNNW 345°459 m18.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox08:0219:3120:11
June solstice06:0621:0921:56
September equinox07:4619:1819:58
December solstice08:4016:2317:14

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F121423375161656456443118
Precip in3.42.52.73.53.73.74.03.63.84.43.73.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bergland DAM, 5 mi away.

  • Ring-billed Gull1 obs
  • Bald Eagle1 obs
  • Common Goldeneye1 obs
  • Ring-necked Duck1 obs
  • Canada Goose1 obs
  • common jewelweed1 obs
  • Walleye1 obs
  • Common Snowberry1 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/288133728

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