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Rotary Park

Rotary Park from directly overhead

Rotary Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 196 m. Graham Benchmark stands 405 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Boulder Park Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates45.30737, -85.26931

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Boulder Park Nature Preserve: 0.5 mi
  • Boulder Park Nature Preserve: 0.6 mi
  • Boulder Park Hughes England Addition Nature Preserve: 0.6 mi
  • North Point Nature Preserve: 2.5 mi
  • Andrew and Mary Aish ke bug Nature Preserve: 2.6 mi
Parks
  • East Park: 0.8 mi
  • Lake Michigan Beach Park: 0.9 mi
  • Pine River Hammock Park: 0.9 mi
  • Hoffman Park: 0.9 mi
  • Bridge Park: 0.9 mi
Peaks: 23
Attractions: 19
  • Chef Pierre Bakeries Largest Cherry Pie: 0.7 mi
  • Earl Young Gnome Houses: 0.8 mi
  • Dune Overlook: 10.4 mi
  • Interpretive Display: 10.7 mi
  • The Summit (hub): 12.1 mi
Historic sites: 12
  • Still on Patrol: 0.8 mi
  • Old mill ruins: 12.1 mi
  • Foundation of Old Walloon Hotel Barn: 12.7 mi
  • Peace Pole: 15.7 mi
  • Pennslyvania Park Cannon: 16.0 mi
Museums: 9
Beaches: 6
  • Lake Michigan Beach: 0.7 mi
  • Peninsula Beach: 13.9 mi
  • Zorn Park Beach: 15.9 mi
  • Christmas Cove Beach: 20.1 mi
  • Richardi Park Beach: 22.9 mi
Artworks: 3
Gardens: 3
  • Monarch Waystation: 15.4 mi
  • Harris Gardens: 15.8 mi
  • Rose Garden Veranda: 16.0 mi
Springs: 2
Picnic sites: 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
Graham BenchmarkNE 53°405 m19.3 mi
Nub's KnobENE 58°398 m21.0 mi
Emmet HeightsNE 52°395 m19.4 mi
Tower HillENE 59°393 m20.9 mi
Deadmans HillSE 138°393 m24.2 mi
Chandler HillsESE 104°382 m23.9 mi
Chandler HillE 99°372 m24.9 mi
Pintail PeakENE 59°368 m20.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:1519:54
June solstice05:5420:4821:33
September equinox07:2919:0219:41
December solstice08:1816:1217:02

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232329405263696862503930
Precip in2.31.51.92.93.02.92.73.23.64.32.82.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlevoix, under a mile away.

  • Mallard29 obs
  • Common Merganser18 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull15 obs
  • White-tailed Deer12 obs
  • common milkweed12 obs
  • chicory10 obs
  • viper's-bugloss9 obs
  • northern whitecedar8 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/413449063

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