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Railroad Park

Railroad Park from directly overhead

Railroad Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 343 m. Cote Dame Marie stands 456 m to the south-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is American Legion Park, a park 0.1 miles away. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates44.90316, -85.05884

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • American Legion Park: 0.1 mi
  • Triangle Park: 0.1 mi
  • Palmer Park: 0.5 mi
  • Wetzel Lake Park: 3.6 mi
  • Christmas Tree Walkway: 3.7 mi
Peaks: 49
Attractions: 20
  • Double Jump: 5.2 mi
  • Hugh J. Gray Cairn: 14.7 mi
  • Stone Circle: 16.5 mi
  • Browns Creek Pathway: 17.8 mi
  • Quick Dip: 19.0 mi
Museums: 14
Beaches: 12
  • Richardi Park Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Public Access: 10.6 mi
  • Public Access: 10.7 mi
  • Public Access: 10.7 mi
  • Archie Valleau Landing: 10.8 mi
Historic sites: 6
Artworks: 4
  • 4-Season Mural: 20.5 mi
  • Greeting from Gaylord Mural: 20.6 mi
  • Wings Mural: 20.6 mi
  • Pluto: 23.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Gaylord Rest Area 405: 19.5 mi
  • Hartwick Pines Rest Area 404: 20.1 mi
  • Vanderbilt Rest Area 406: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cote Dame MarieSSE 148°456 m24.6 mi
Cleary HillSSE 158°446 m22.7 mi
Taylor HillSSE 147°439 m24.6 mi
Watson HillsNE 45°438 m23.4 mi
Three Sisters RangeSSE 147°431 m24.7 mi
Toll HillESE 110°430 m14.2 mi
Redner HillE 95°430 m22.9 mi
Waldo HillSSE 159°424 m23.0 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
  • Blue Jay8 obs
  • eastern white pine5 obs
  • Northern Cardinal4 obs
  • American Robin4 obs
  • Biting Stonecrop4 obs
  • Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth4 obs
  • Mourning Dove3 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/389749690

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