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Rotary Park

Rotary Park from directly overhead

Rotary Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 197 m. Watson Hills stands 438 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverside Park, a park 0.3 miles away. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates45.21798, -85.00200

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
  • Gabos Family Nature Preserve: 0.9 mi
  • Sephar Nature Preserve: 0.9 mi
  • Hill Nature Preserve: 1.5 mi
  • Cedar Valley Preserve: 2.2 mi
  • Frog Hollow Preserve: 2.3 mi
Attractions: 19
  • The Summit (hub): 3.2 mi
  • The Boulder: 4.4 mi
  • Avalance Bay Indoor Waterpark: 5.1 mi
  • Browns Creek Pathway: 6.7 mi
  • Russian Siebert Family Home Historic Site: 9.9 mi
Historic sites: 12
Museums: 11
Artworks: 8
  • Block M Rock: 5.2 mi
  • Children Playing: 9.3 mi
  • Ring of Bright Water II: 16.2 mi
  • 4-Season Mural: 20.6 mi
  • Greeting from Gaylord Mural: 20.6 mi
Beaches: 7
Gardens: 4
Springs: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Vanderbilt Rest Area 406: 17.0 mi
  • Gaylord Rest Area 405: 23.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Watson HillsESE 110°438 m14.6 mi
Graham BenchmarkN 8°405 m17.8 mi
Nub's KnobNNE 16°398 m17.9 mi
Emmet HeightsN 7°395 m18.3 mi
Deadmans HillSSE 165°393 m12.3 mi
Tower HillNNE 16°393 m17.6 mi
Chandler HillsE 88°382 m10.2 mi
Chandler HillENE 79°372 m11.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:1419:53
June solstice05:5320:4621:32
September equinox07:2819:0119:39
December solstice08:1716:1217:01

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212332445767716962503827
Precip in2.61.71.93.13.23.22.93.53.94.43.32.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boyne Falls, 6 mi away.

  • Mallard40 obs
  • Redpoll31 obs
  • Canada Goose27 obs
  • Common Goldeneye26 obs
  • White-tailed Deer22 obs
  • Gadwall22 obs
  • Bald Eagle19 obs
  • Monarch18 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/251047369

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