Pickard Park
Pickard Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 182 m. Champion Hill stands 337 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Arcadia Beach Natural Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 182 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Grebe Park: 0.3 mi
- Inspriation Point Scenic Lookout: 1.8 mi
- Lower Herring Lake Public Access: 5.5 mi
- May Buell Park: 5.8 mi
- Hopkins Park: 6.5 mi
- Arcadia Beach Natural Area: 0.2 mi
- Arcadia Marsh Nature Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Arcadia Dunes: The C.S. Mott Nature Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Arcadia Dunes: The C.S. Mott Nature Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Arcadia Dunes: The C.S. Mott Nature Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Elberta Beach: 9.0 mi
- Frankfort Beach: 9.6 mi
- Beulah Beach: 11.6 mi
- Congressional Summer Assembly Lake Michigan Beach: 11.8 mi
- Congressional Summer Assembly Crystal Lake Beach: 11.9 mi
- Elberta Bluffs: 9.3 mi
- Tank Hill: 9.8 mi
- Crystal Mountain: 11.9 mi
- Eden Hill: 13.5 mi
- Champion Hill: 14.6 mi
- Benzie Area Historical Museum: 10.7 mi
- Kaleva Depot Museum: 13.8 mi
- Bottle House Museum: 14.0 mi
- Manistee County Historical Museum: 17.6 mi
- Our Savior's Historical Museum: 17.7 mi
- Frankfort Iron Works: 9.2 mi
- Marquette's Death: 9.5 mi
- City of Frankfort Welcome Ferry Sign: 9.7 mi
- Archibald Jones & Benzie County River Improvement Co. Marker: 10.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 24.3 mi
- Frankfort North Breakwater Light: 9.5 mi
- Boathouse: 13.7 mi
- Pointe Betsie Lighthouse: 13.7 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 13.7 mi
- Udell Rollways Recreation Area: 18.0 mi
- Hoags Lake Day Use Area: 23.7 mi
- Chuck Wagon: 24.2 mi
- Old Facefull: 4.6 mi
- Marl Springs: 20.0 mi
- SS City of Milwaukee: 16.6 mi
- United States Coast Guard Cutter Acacia: 16.6 mi
- Benzonia Roadside Park: 7.1 mi
- Stockade Labyrinth: 11.6 mi
- Empire Bluffs: 22.7 mi
- Jacktown: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pickard Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion Hill | NE 45° | 337 m | 14.6 mi |
| Crystal Mountain | E 80° | 332 m | 11.9 mi |
| Twin Mountains | ENE 79° | 332 m | 22.0 mi |
| Turtle Lake Hill | ENE 63° | 308 m | 17.6 mi |
| Old Baldy Dune | NNE 21° | 300 m | 22.0 mi |
| North Hills | ENE 73° | 299 m | 15.0 mi |
| Capper's Peak | SSE 158° | 298 m | 22.5 mi |
| Eden Hill | NE 37° | 290 m | 13.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:19 | 19:57 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:49 | 21:34 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:06 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 08:19 | 16:20 | 17:09 |
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 | 23 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 55 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 62 | 50 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beulah 7ssw, 6 mi away.
- Trumpeter Swan76 obs
- tansy61 obs
- blue vervain61 obs
- Painted Turtle60 obs
- Green Heron59 obs
- common jewelweed58 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird49 obs
- Song Sparrow44 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/886844117
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