Perkins Park
Perkins Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 195 m. Mount Arvon stands 601 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Mino-kwe jiigibiik, a beach 1.2 miles away. 118 named places lie within 25 miles, 19 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 195 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- County of Marquette
How to reach it
118 named places within 25 miles
- Sawyer Lake County Park: 18.0 mi
- Kivela Road Recreation Area and Trail: 20.0 mi
- Al Quaal Recreation Area: 21.0 mi
- Carp River Gardens: 21.0 mi
- Miners Park: 21.5 mi
- Bald Hill: 2.6 mi
- Ives Hill: 5.1 mi
- Breakfast Roll: 5.4 mi
- Mount Ives: 7.1 mi
- Mummy Mountain: 8.3 mi
- Claus Camp Club: 6.5 mi
- Forests for the Future #16 Reserve: 12.3 mi
- Echo Lake Nature Preserve: 14.5 mi
- Baraga Old Growth Nature Sanctuary: 18.2 mi
- Forestville Recreation Area: 20.6 mi
- Bushy Creek Falls: 5.5 mi
- Yellow Dog Falls: 5.9 mi
- Lower Big Pup Falls: 6.0 mi
- Big Pup Falls: 7.0 mi
- Little Pup Falls: 7.7 mi
- Michigan Iron Industry Museum: 21.5 mi
- U.S. National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame: 21.6 mi
- Negaunee Historical Society Museum: 22.3 mi
- Cliffs Shaft Museum: 22.3 mi
- Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum: 22.3 mi
- Mino-kwe jiigibiik: 1.2 mi
- Hidden Beach: 18.0 mi
- Teal Lake Beach: 21.5 mi
- Middle Bay Beach: 22.4 mi
- Dead River Beach: 22.8 mi
- Forestville Fireplace: 17.0 mi
- Bartlett King: 19.3 mi
- Jackson Mine Monument: 21.5 mi
- Site of Barnes-Hecker Mine Disaster: 21.5 mi
- Harlow Farms First Homestead: 23.3 mi
- The Cut: 19.0 mi
- Last Bluff: 21.8 mi
- Black Rocks: 22.3 mi
- Incubator Community Garden: 22.3 mi
- Marquette Community Gardens: 22.6 mi
- NMU Hoop House: 23.1 mi
- Fire Bell: 24.5 mi
- Lower Harbor Ore Dock: 24.5 mi
- McClintock Annex: 24.6 mi
- Breakwater Light: 23.4 mi
- Marquette Harbor Lighthouse: 24.7 mi
- Thomas Rock Natural Area: 2.0 mi
- Father Marquette Statue: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Perkins Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Arvon | W 259° | 601 m | 20.7 mi |
| Mount Benison | WNW 288° | 482 m | 11.5 mi |
| Ives Hill | W 281° | 460 m | 5.1 mi |
| Pilot Knob | S 174° | 457 m | 22.1 mi |
| Mount Ida | WNW 291° | 456 m | 10.8 mi |
| Huron Mountain | WNW 296° | 446 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Homer | WNW 289° | 437 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mount Ives | WNW 296° | 399 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:55 | 19:23 | 20:04 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 21:02 | 21:50 |
| September equinox | 07:38 | 19:11 | 19:51 |
| December solstice | 08:34 | 16:14 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 17 | 19 | 27 | 37 | 50 | 60 | 66 | 65 | 58 | 46 | 34 | 23 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG BAY 1NW, 2 mi away.
- striped maple12 obs
- eastern hemlock11 obs
- thimbleberry10 obs
- red columbine8 obs
- marginal wood fern8 obs
- tansy8 obs
- American hophornbeam7 obs
- great mullein6 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/1066210232
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