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P.H. Hoeft State Park

P.H. Hoeft State Park from directly overhead

P.H. Hoeft State Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 184 m. Black Mountain stands 263 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Sacred Rock, a attraction 1.2 miles away. 154 named places lie within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
184 m

What to expect

Operated by
Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates45.46384, -83.87845

154 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 53
  • Cash and Jennie Gapczynski Nature Park: 2.1 mi
  • Forty Mile Point Lighthouse Park: 2.3 mi
  • Herman Vogler Conservation Area: 2.8 mi
  • Seagull Point Park: 2.9 mi
  • Trout River Park: 3.0 mi
Attractions: 21
  • Sacred Rock: 1.2 mi
  • Calcite Pilot House: 2.2 mi
  • Fog Signal Building: 2.3 mi
  • Lifeboat: 2.3 mi
  • Antique Hearse Carriage: 4.2 mi
Artworks: 20
Museums: 6
Lighthouses: 1
Waterfalls: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Peaks: 1
  • Black Mountain: 19.0 mi
Beaches: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainWNW 282°263 m19.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:0919:48
June solstice05:4820:4321:28
September equinox07:2318:5619:35
December solstice08:1316:0616:56

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212229405363696860483727
Precip in2.21.51.72.62.93.43.13.43.13.32.32.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rogers City, 4 mi away.

  • hairy puccoon17 obs
  • bearberry14 obs
  • star-flowered lily-of-the-valley13 obs
  • striped maple11 obs
  • dune tansy11 obs
  • common bracken7 obs
  • Wood Lily7 obs
  • creeping juniper6 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/773649035

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