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Samaria Park

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Samaria Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 198 m. Nona France Sledding Hill stands 215 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Carr Park, a park 1.9 miles away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail passes 7.5 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Bedford Township

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.80941, -83.58287

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • WW2 Tank: 2.2 mi
  • Footprints: 7.3 mi
  • Life is Eternal: 7.4 mi
  • Autumn Rain: 7.5 mi
  • Comair Memorial: 7.5 mi
Nature reserves: 25
Artworks: 22
  • Big Goose: 2.3 mi
  • Goose: 2.3 mi
  • Goose: 2.3 mi
  • Angel: 2.3 mi
  • Joyful Dancer: 9.4 mi
Museums: 22
Gardens: 17
Picnic sites: 8
  • Acorn Knoll Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
  • Flint Woods Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
  • Elder Creek Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
  • Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
  • Indian Ridge Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
Beaches: 7
Attractions: 7
Rest areas: 5
  • Dundee Welcome Center 822: 5.1 mi
  • Monroe Welcome Center 823: 9.9 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 19.9 mi
  • Horse Rest Area: 23.1 mi
  • Trestle Park Comfort Station: 24.2 mi
Peaks: 5
  • Sand Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Corn Cob Hill: 17.3 mi
  • Indian Hill: 18.1 mi
  • Turkeyfoot Rock: 19.7 mi
  • Nona France Sledding Hill: 23.3 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Great Sulphur Spring: 7.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nona France Sledding HillSSW 208°215 m23.3 mi
Indian HillS 191°193 m18.1 mi
Sand HillS 174°189 m5.7 mi
Turkeyfoot RockSSW 198°181 m19.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1019:47
June solstice06:0020:3121:13
September equinox07:2218:5719:33
December solstice07:5916:2217:07

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252736475969737164524030
Precip in2.52.02.53.33.83.43.03.72.92.62.92.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dundee, 11 mi away.

  • blue vervain5 obs
  • Monarch4 obs
  • Carolina horsenettle3 obs
  • Familiar Bluet3 obs
  • New England aster3 obs
  • swamp milkweed3 obs
  • Widow Skimmer2 obs
  • red columbine2 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/263562995

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