Petoskey State Park
Petoskey State Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 184 m. Watson Hills stands 438 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is South Round Lake Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- South Round Lake Nature Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Round Lake Nature Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Kuebler Trippe Nature Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Martha Cavanagh Cameron Nature Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Watson Nature Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Spring Lake Park: 0.6 mi
- Little Traverse Wheelway Park: 1.8 mi
- Bay View Woods Park: 1.8 mi
- Little Traverse Township Playground: 2.4 mi
- Little Traverse Township Park: 2.4 mi
- Pintail Peak: 4.1 mi
- Tower Hill: 4.3 mi
- Nub's Knob: 4.5 mi
- Graham Benchmark: 5.4 mi
- Emmet Heights: 5.9 mi
- Steep Climb: 1.8 mi
- Steep Climb: 2.0 mi
- Steep Climb: 2.2 mi
- Highpoint Corner: 3.4 mi
- Overlook Cliff: 3.4 mi
- Ignatius Petoskey: 2.7 mi
- Hemingway Statue: 2.8 mi
- Pennslyvania Park Cannon: 2.9 mi
- Peace Pole: 3.1 mi
- Foundation of Old Walloon Hotel Barn: 8.5 mi
- Bay View Historical Museum: 1.7 mi
- Little Traverse Historical Society and History Museum: 3.0 mi
- Little Traverse Historical Society: 3.0 mi
- Blackbird Museum: 4.2 mi
- Pellston Historical Society Museum: 12.1 mi
- Ring of Bright Water II: 3.5 mi
- Children Playing: 4.7 mi
- Block M Rock: 9.8 mi
- The Man on the Cross: 13.4 mi
- Shrine of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha: 13.5 mi
- Rose Garden Veranda: 2.8 mi
- Harris Gardens: 3.5 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 3.5 mi
- Mesochosm Area: 15.7 mi
- Zorn Park Beach: 4.4 mi
- Devoe Beach: 14.0 mi
- Peninsula Beach: 14.1 mi
- Lake Michigan Beach: 18.3 mi
- Bubbling Spring: 3.5 mi
- Shotto Spring: 6.5 mi
- Alanson Fresh Spring Water Well: 6.9 mi
- Topinabee Rest Area 407: 15.9 mi
- Hebron Rest Area 408: 22.1 mi
- Vanderbilt Rest Area 406: 22.9 mi
- Steak Ride: 10.4 mi
- Charlevoix South Pier Light: 18.2 mi
- Sturgeon Bay: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Petoskey State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watson Hills | SSE 153° | 438 m | 20.0 mi |
| Graham Benchmark | NNW 338° | 405 m | 5.4 mi |
| Nub's Knob | N 5° | 398 m | 4.5 mi |
| Emmet Heights | NNW 338° | 395 m | 5.9 mi |
| Tower Hill | N 6° | 393 m | 4.3 mi |
| Deadmans Hill | S 183° | 393 m | 24.6 mi |
| Chandler Hills | SSE 155° | 382 m | 13.6 mi |
| Chandler Hill | SE 146° | 372 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:44 | 19:13 | 19:52 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:47 | 21:32 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:39 |
| December solstice | 08:17 | 16:10 | 17:00 |
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 | 19 | 20 | 28 | 40 | 52 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Petoskey Ncmc, 3 mi away.
- Ring-billed Gull47 obs
- striped maple42 obs
- eastern hemlock37 obs
- northern whitecedar35 obs
- star-flowered lily-of-the-valley33 obs
- American white waterlily31 obs
- eastern white pine30 obs
- guelder-rose30 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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