River Park
River Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 192 m. Summit Mountain stands 571 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Pad (1), a park 0.1 miles away. 136 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 192 m
How to reach it
136 named places within 25 miles
- Blue Pad (1): 0.1 mi
- Red Pad (1): 0.1 mi
- Red Pin (1): 0.1 mi
- Blue Pin (1): 0.2 mi
- Tourist Park: 0.4 mi
- Morgan Falls: 5.0 mi
- Lower Morgan Meadows Falls: 5.1 mi
- Morgan Meadows Falls: 5.2 mi
- Lower Carp Falls: 5.2 mi
- Little Garlic Falls: 10.6 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Mount Marquette: 4.1 mi
- Hogback Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Ragged Hills: 7.6 mi
- Kona Hills: 8.2 mi
- Forestville Recreation Area: 2.6 mi
- Vielmetti-Peters Conservation Reserve: 4.6 mi
- Chocolay Bayou Nature Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Echo Lake Nature Preserve: 8.3 mi
- Forests for the Future #16 Reserve: 15.5 mi
- Marquette Maritime Museum: 2.2 mi
- Marquette Regional History Center: 2.2 mi
- Upper Peninsula Children's Museum: 2.3 mi
- Michigan Iron Industry Museum: 8.5 mi
- Negaunee Historical Society Museum: 10.8 mi
- Dead River Beach: 0.5 mi
- Middle Bay Beach: 1.1 mi
- Picnic Rocks Beach: 1.9 mi
- Hidden Beach: 4.6 mi
- Teal Lake Beach: 10.8 mi
- Harlow Farms First Homestead: 2.3 mi
- D.S.S.&A. Ore Dock #1: 2.5 mi
- Bartlett King: 3.3 mi
- Forestville Fireplace: 5.9 mi
- Jackson Mine Monument: 10.3 mi
- Fire Bell: 2.2 mi
- McClintock Annex: 2.2 mi
- Lower Harbor Ore Dock: 2.3 mi
- Abandoned Soviet Transport IL-76: 15.8 mi
- Lockheed T-33: 15.9 mi
- NMU Hoop House: 0.7 mi
- Marquette Community Gardens: 1.2 mi
- Incubator Community Garden: 13.7 mi
- KI Sawyer Community Garden: 16.8 mi
- Black Rocks: 1.8 mi
- The Cut: 3.6 mi
- Migisy Bluff: 5.3 mi
- Last Bluff: 14.0 mi
- Father Marquette Statue: 2.3 mi
- Lakenenland: 13.2 mi
- Lakenenland: 13.2 mi
- Breakwater Light: 1.4 mi
- Marquette Harbor Lighthouse: 2.2 mi
- Marquette Welcome Center: 5.1 mi
- Thomas Rock Natural Area: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of River Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Mountain | SW 232° | 571 m | 13.7 mi |
| Wewe Hills | SW 215° | 493 m | 9.7 mi |
| Green Hills | SW 220° | 467 m | 21.7 mi |
| Pilot Knob | WSW 247° | 457 m | 14.1 mi |
| Ragged Hills | SSW 208° | 421 m | 7.6 mi |
| Kona Hills | SW 215° | 416 m | 8.2 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | WNW 298° | 372 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Marquette | S 178° | 337 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:54 | 19:22 | 20:02 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 21:00 | 21:47 |
| September equinox | 07:37 | 19:09 | 19:49 |
| December solstice | 08:32 | 16:14 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 20 | 28 | 38 | 50 | 59 | 66 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marquette, 2 mi away.
- Blue-spotted Salamander401 obs
- eastern white pine269 obs
- Canada Goose232 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel215 obs
- northern whitecedar208 obs
- White-tailed Deer205 obs
- Mallard198 obs
- northern red oak196 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/497283793
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