Palmer Lake Beach
Palmer Lake Beach is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 260 m. Dixon Hall stands 332 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Palmer Lake Public Access, a park 0.5 miles away. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 260 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Colon Township
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Palmer Lake Public Access: 0.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 1.1 mi
- Colon Community Park: 1.4 mi
- Sturgeon Lake Public Access: 1.4 mi
- Long Lake Public Access: 2.6 mi
- Nottawaseppi Band of the Huron Potawatomi Reservation: 11.3 mi
- Lee Lake Public Access: 11.8 mi
- Sauk Indian Trail Prairie Plant Preserve: 14.6 mi
- Hidden Marsh Sanctuary: 15.9 mi
- Spring Creek State Game Area: 16.7 mi
- Sturgis Historical Society Museum: 11.3 mi
- Wing House Museum: 16.0 mi
- Sue Silliman House Museum: 16.6 mi
- Vicksburg Historical Society: 16.7 mi
- Old Gate House: 22.1 mi
- Colon Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Dixon Hall: 17.9 mi
- Stony Point Hill: 17.9 mi
- Knob Hill: 20.4 mi
- Hell's Point: 22.1 mi
- People's Plot: 16.2 mi
- Mushroom garden: 16.2 mi
- People's Plot: 16.2 mi
- God's Garden: 21.3 mi
- Coldwater Welcome Center 716: 17.5 mi
- Battle Creek Rest Area: 22.5 mi
- Rest Area Trucks Only: 22.8 mi
- Galesburg Rest Area: 23.6 mi
- Dr. Nathan Thomas House: 20.2 mi
- Wahbememe Historical Monument: 20.8 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps Camp: 22.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 22.9 mi
- Leo J. Burch Park: 20.7 mi
- Year Round Golf: 21.1 mi
- Celery Flats Interpretive Center: 23.1 mi
- Old Silo: 24.9 mi
- Wall Lake Beach: 15.7 mi
- Willard Beach: 24.3 mi
- Branch: 13.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Palmer Lake Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dixon Hall | NE 50° | 332 m | 17.9 mi |
| Hell's Point | SE 136° | 326 m | 22.1 mi |
| Mount Misery | W 272° | 317 m | 24.0 mi |
| Knob Hill | S 187° | 316 m | 20.4 mi |
| Colon Mountain | W 269° | 287 m | 3.2 mi |
| Stony Point Hill | NE 56° | 286 m | 17.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:45 | 19:17 | 19:54 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:38 | 21:21 |
| September equinox | 07:29 | 19:04 | 19:40 |
| December solstice | 08:07 | 16:29 | 17:14 |
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 | 23 | 26 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Coldwater ST School, 16 mi away.
- Common Watersnake2 obs
- Reddish-brown Stag Beetle2 obs
- Ring-billed Gull1 obs
- Canada Goose1 obs
- Gray Catbird1 obs
- Spongy Moth1 obs
- true sedges1 obs
- American pokeweed1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1065543910
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