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Presque Isle Park

Presque Isle Park from directly overhead

Presque Isle Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 216 m. Summit Mountain stands 571 m to the southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Marquette Community Gardens, a garden 0.3 miles away. 135 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates46.58733, -87.38079

135 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 58
  • Blue Pin (1): 1.4 mi
  • Blue Pad (1): 1.4 mi
  • Red Pin (1): 1.4 mi
  • Red Pad (1): 1.4 mi
  • River Park: 1.4 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Morgan Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Lower Carp Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Lower Morgan Meadows Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Morgan Meadows Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Little Garlic Falls: 10.9 mi
Peaks: 12
Beaches: 6
Historic sites: 6
  • D.S.S.&A. Ore Dock #1: 3.4 mi
  • Harlow Farms First Homestead: 3.7 mi
  • Bartlett King: 3.7 mi
  • Forestville Fireplace: 6.5 mi
  • Jackson Mine Monument: 11.7 mi
Attractions: 5
Gardens: 4
Cliffs: 4
Artworks: 3
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Marquette Welcome Center: 5.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Summit MountainSW 231°571 m15.2 mi
Wewe HillsSW 216°493 m11.2 mi
Green HillsSW 221°467 m23.1 mi
Pilot KnobWSW 246°457 m15.5 mi
Ragged HillsSSW 211°421 m9.0 mi
Kona HillsSW 217°416 m9.6 mi
Hogback MountainWNW 283°372 m5.3 mi
Mount MarquetteS 190°337 m5.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5319:2220:02
June solstice05:5721:0021:47
September equinox07:3719:0919:49
December solstice08:3216:1417:05

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192028385059666659473524
Precip in1.91.51.62.72.93.13.12.33.33.42.42.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marquette, 3 mi away.

  • Blue-spotted Salamander400 obs
  • Canada Goose93 obs
  • White-tailed Deer80 obs
  • Mallard77 obs
  • northern whitecedar64 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull63 obs
  • Green Frog59 obs
  • tansy54 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/34264250

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