Orchard Beach State Park
Orchard Beach State Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 204 m. Crystal Mountain stands 332 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake Bluff Bird Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Duffy Park: 1.7 mi
- Penny Park: 2.1 mi
- North Riverwalk and Veterans Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
- Manistee Art Park: 2.2 mi
- Red Szymarek Park: 2.2 mi
- Lake Bluff Bird Sanctuary: 0.8 mi
- Portage Point Woods Preserve: 8.0 mi
- Bear Lake Public Access: 13.0 mi
- Arcadia Marsh Nature Preserve: 15.0 mi
- Arcadia Beach Natural Area: 15.1 mi
- North Beach: 1.2 mi
- Lakeshore Public Access Beach: 1.3 mi
- Fifth Avenue Beach: 2.4 mi
- 1st Street Beach: 2.7 mi
- Crystal Lake Swimming Area: 18.0 mi
- Manistee County Historical Museum: 2.3 mi
- Our Savior's Historical Museum: 2.5 mi
- Kaleva Depot Museum: 16.4 mi
- Bottle House Museum: 16.4 mi
- Epworth Assembly: 22.1 mi
- Community Cooperative: 19.5 mi
- Stockade Labyrinth: 22.7 mi
- Flights of Learning Sculpture: 23.3 mi
- Making Memories: 23.4 mi
- Follow the Leader: 23.6 mi
- Udell Hills: 12.5 mi
- Capper's Peak: 13.6 mi
- Crystal Mountain: 23.0 mi
- Elberta Bluffs: 24.3 mi
- Tank Hill: 24.9 mi
- Notipekago: 24.2 mi
- Frankfort Iron Works: 24.3 mi
- Marquette's Death: 24.5 mi
- City of Frankfort Welcome Ferry Sign: 24.9 mi
- Big Sable Point Lighthouse: 18.3 mi
- North Breakwater Light: 23.8 mi
- Frankfort North Breakwater Light: 24.4 mi
- SS City of Milwaukee: 1.4 mi
- United States Coast Guard Cutter Acacia: 1.4 mi
- Hoags Lake Day Use Area: 10.7 mi
- Udell Rollways Recreation Area: 11.8 mi
- Old Facefull: 10.7 mi
- Benzonia Roadside Park: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Orchard Beach State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Mountain | NE 43° | 332 m | 23.0 mi |
| Capper's Peak | ESE 117° | 298 m | 13.6 mi |
| Udell Hills | ESE 115° | 237 m | 12.5 mi |
| Tank Hill | N 8° | 237 m | 24.9 mi |
| Elberta Bluffs | N 9° | 214 m | 24.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:19 | 19:58 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:49 | 21:33 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:06 | 19:45 |
| December solstice | 08:19 | 16:22 | 17:10 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manistee 3SE, 5 mi away.
- Monarch12 obs
- guelder-rose11 obs
- sweetfern11 obs
- common milkweed10 obs
- dame's rocket8 obs
- Tunicflower8 obs
- eastern hemlock7 obs
- Ghost Pipe6 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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