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Palmer Park

Palmer Park from directly overhead

Palmer Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 342 m. Cote Dame Marie stands 456 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is American Legion Park, a park 0.4 miles away. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
342 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.89649, -85.06321

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks: 51
Attractions: 20
  • Double Jump: 4.8 mi
  • Hugh J. Gray Cairn: 14.6 mi
  • Stone Circle: 16.5 mi
  • Browns Creek Pathway: 18.3 mi
  • Quick Dip: 19.0 mi
Museums: 14
Beaches: 12
  • Richardi Park Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Public Access: 10.4 mi
  • Public Access: 10.4 mi
  • Public Access: 10.4 mi
  • Archie Valleau Landing: 10.5 mi
Historic sites: 6
Artworks: 5
  • 4-Season Mural: 20.9 mi
  • Greeting from Gaylord Mural: 21.0 mi
  • Wings Mural: 21.0 mi
  • Pluto: 23.5 mi
  • Neptune: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Gaylord Rest Area 405: 19.8 mi
  • Hartwick Pines Rest Area 404: 20.0 mi
  • Vanderbilt Rest Area 406: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cote Dame MarieSSE 147°456 m24.4 mi
Cleary HillSSE 157°446 m22.4 mi
Olsen HillSSE 146°444 m24.8 mi
Taylor HillSE 146°439 m24.3 mi
Watson HillsNE 44°438 m23.9 mi
Three Sisters RangeSE 146°431 m24.4 mi
Toll HillESE 108°430 m14.3 mi
Redner HillE 94°430 m23.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:1419:53
June solstice05:5520:4621:31
September equinox07:2819:0119:40
December solstice08:1616:1417:02

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F181927405363676558463525
Precip in2.01.51.72.93.33.33.13.03.74.12.92.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kalkaska, 13 mi away.

  • wild carrot10 obs
  • eastern white pine5 obs
  • Biting Stonecrop4 obs
  • box elder3 obs
  • quaking aspen3 obs
  • common motherwort3 obs
  • spotted knapweed3 obs
  • Blue Jay2 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 way/479080568

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