River East Recreation Area
River East Recreation Area is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Briar Hill stands 517 m to the south, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Nature Park, a park 0.5 miles away. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Garfield Charter Township
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Nature Park: 0.5 mi
- Carriage Hill Park: 0.9 mi
- Medalie Park: 1.0 mi
- Warren Field: 1.4 mi
- Orthwoods Park: 1.5 mi
- Miller Creek Nature Reserve: 0.8 mi
- Mitchell Creek Nature Sanctuary: 1.6 mi
- Mitchell Creek Meadows: The Don & Jerry Oleson Nature Preserve: 3.3 mi
- George & Ada Reffitt Nature Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Optimist Youth Foundation Cabin Property: 4.1 mi
- McCrea Hill: 2.3 mi
- Wayne Hill: 4.1 mi
- Hickory Hill: 4.3 mi
- Morgan Hill: 4.5 mi
- Observation Hill: 5.3 mi
- Dennos Museum Center: 3.4 mi
- Music House Museum: 8.1 mi
- Lake Ann Historical Society Museum: 11.3 mi
- Guntzviller's Taxidermy and Spirit of the Woods Museum: 14.2 mi
- Old-Time Necessities Building: 15.2 mi
- Frida Kahlo: 1.1 mi
- Boardman Serenade: 1.6 mi
- May You Always Know the Truth and See the Light Surrounding You: 1.6 mi
- Serenity's Muse: 1.6 mi
- Eagletown: 1.6 mi
- Suspendend Overlook: 1.0 mi
- World's Largest Cherry Pie - Pan: 1.2 mi
- Rope Swing: 2.8 mi
- The Cistern: 2.9 mi
- S-Curve: 6.2 mi
- Gravesite of Traverse Colantha Walker: 2.5 mi
- St. Francis A.D. 1887: 2.6 mi
- Grand Traverse Veterans Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Larry Cole Hardy: 3.1 mi
- Kingsley Veterans Memorial: 10.1 mi
- Traverse City Community Garden: 2.4 mi
- Secret Garden: 2.5 mi
- Koeze Stable Garden: 2.5 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 2.5 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 2.5 mi
- West End Beach: 3.6 mi
- North Beach: 16.0 mi
- Torch Lake Sand Bar Public Access Point: 17.0 mi
- Public Access: 17.8 mi
- Haserot Beach: 17.9 mi
- Dodge Spring: 17.4 mi
- Marl Springs: 22.1 mi
- Chuck Wagon: 12.5 mi
- Jacktown: 18.6 mi
- Empire Bluffs: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of River East Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briar Hill | S 187° | 517 m | 24.6 mi |
| Briar Hill | S 187° | 410 m | 22.4 mi |
| Exodus Hill | NW 306° | 370 m | 5.6 mi |
| Twentyone Hill | ESE 115° | 358 m | 24.9 mi |
| Gallagher Hill | NW 307° | 355 m | 6.8 mi |
| Varney Hill | WNW 287° | 337 m | 13.5 mi |
| Champion Hill | WSW 255° | 337 m | 20.9 mi |
| Twin Mountains | SW 218° | 332 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:16 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:47 | 21:32 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 08:17 | 16:17 | 17:05 |
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 | 43 | 55 | 66 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Traverse CY Cherry Capital AP, 3 mi away.
- Mute Swan64 obs
- Mallard60 obs
- Common Merganser28 obs
- purple loosestrife28 obs
- Bufflehead27 obs
- Common Goldeneye24 obs
- Hooded Merganser23 obs
- marsh marigold23 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/1220994625
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