Otsego Lake State Park
Otsego Lake State Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 394 m. Cote Dame Marie stands 456 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Main Beach, a beach less than a tenth of a mile away. 170 named places lie within 25 miles, 50 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 394 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Michigan Department of Natural Resources
How to reach it
170 named places within 25 miles
- Otsego Lake County Park: 2.3 mi
- Heart Lake Public Access: 2.9 mi
- Opal Lake Public Access: 4.1 mi
- Dixon Lake Public Access: 5.0 mi
- Big Bradford Lake Public Access: 5.1 mi
- Redner Hill: 6.3 mi
- Rosecrans Hill: 7.2 mi
- Toll Hill: 8.4 mi
- Deadmans Hill: 14.4 mi
- Watson Hills: 14.7 mi
- Quick Dip: 10.4 mi
- Indian Village: 19.3 mi
- Inspiration Point: 19.4 mi
- Campfire Point: 19.4 mi
- Main Village: 19.5 mi
- Papoose Lake Nature Sanctuary: 14.8 mi
- Papoose Lake Nature Sanctuary: 15.0 mi
- North Branch of the Boyne River Nature Preserve: 18.7 mi
- Big Cedar Nature Preserve: 18.8 mi
- Three Bears Mountain Nature Preserve: 19.1 mi
- Call of the Wild: 6.0 mi
- Otsego County Historical Society Museum: 6.7 mi
- Logging Museum: 13.1 mi
- Visitor's Center: 13.3 mi
- Major Hartwick Museum: 13.3 mi
- Gaylord Rest Area 405: 2.7 mi
- Vanderbilt Rest Area 406: 12.1 mi
- Hartwick Pines Rest Area 404: 12.5 mi
- Grayling Rest Area 403: 22.1 mi
- Main Beach: 0.0 mi
- North Beach: 0.2 mi
- Beach Area: 19.4 mi
- 4-Season Mural: 6.6 mi
- Greeting from Gaylord Mural: 6.7 mi
- Wings Mural: 6.7 mi
- Congregational United Church of Christ: 19.1 mi
- Fort: 19.9 mi
- Big Rock: 22.9 mi
- Deward: 9.2 mi
- Pere Cheney: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Otsego Lake State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cote Dame Marie | SSW 193° | 456 m | 23.5 mi |
| Cleary Hill | SSW 202° | 446 m | 24.9 mi |
| Olsen Hill | S 191° | 444 m | 23.6 mi |
| Comstock Hills | ESE 106° | 439 m | 19.0 mi |
| Taylor Hill | SSW 191° | 439 m | 22.9 mi |
| Watson Hills | N 354° | 438 m | 14.7 mi |
| Three Sisters Range | SSW 191° | 431 m | 23.0 mi |
| Redner Hill | SE 131° | 430 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:13 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:44 | 21:30 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:00 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 08:14 | 16:12 | 17:01 |
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 | 29 | 41 | 54 | 63 | 66 | 65 | 58 | 46 | 34 | 24 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gaylord 9 SSW, 2 mi away.
- Ring-necked Duck7 obs
- Pied-billed Grebe5 obs
- Song Sparrow5 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird5 obs
- Tree Swallow5 obs
- american witch-hazel5 obs
- American Tree Sparrow5 obs
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird4 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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