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Orval Lowe Memorial Park

Orval Lowe Memorial Park from directly overhead

Orval Lowe Memorial Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 186 m. Marble Head stands 222 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is De Tour Passage Historical Museum, a museum 1.1 miles away. 55 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
186 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.99028, -83.87556

55 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 21
Cliffs: 14
  • La Pointe: 5.9 mi
  • Rains Point: 5.9 mi
  • Old Fort St. Joe Point: 6.0 mi
  • Elliot Point: 6.2 mi
  • Burnt Point: 7.2 mi
Parks: 9
Museums: 4
Beaches: 3
Attractions: 2
Peaks: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Marble HeadE 91°222 m18.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:0919:48
June solstice05:4520:4421:31
September equinox07:2318:5619:35
December solstice08:1516:0316:54

Local time (America/Toronto).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161726385061666659463525
Precip in1.91.31.82.42.63.13.13.33.63.82.62.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detour Village, 1 mi away.

  • bird's-foot trefoil6 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull5 obs
  • tansy5 obs
  • common silverweed4 obs
  • yellow lady's slipper3 obs
  • Biting Stonecrop3 obs
  • Green Frog3 obs
  • Sandhill Crane3 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 node/354018711

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