Sandy Beach
Sandy Beach is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 335 m. Kelso Ridge stands 387 m to the east-northeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Owens Park, a park 0.6 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 151 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 335 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Hillsdale
How to reach it
- 151.4 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Owens Park: 0.6 mi
- Lewis Emery County Park: 1.9 mi
- Mrs. Stock's Park: 2.0 mi
- Keekoose Park: 2.1 mi
- Courthouse Lawn Park: 2.2 mi
- Hillsdale Natural Area: 0.8 mi
- Hillsdale Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.4 mi
- Clarence F. Hobert Memorial Nature Sanctuary: 7.7 mi
- Sand Creek Prairie Plant Preserve: 8.5 mi
- Kauffman Nature Sanctuary: 10.5 mi
- Grosvenor House Museum: 6.5 mi
- Allen Area Historical Society Museum: 9.6 mi
- Hudson Museum: 13.0 mi
- Concord Universalist Church: 19.5 mi
- Wing House Museum: 20.6 mi
- Kelso Ridge: 8.8 mi
- Bundy Hill: 13.1 mi
- Irish Hill: 19.1 mi
- Prospect Hill: 19.9 mi
- Hatt Hill: 20.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 2.7 mi
- Artesian Well: 16.2 mi
- Cross Spring: 18.6 mi
- Barber House Children's Garden: 3.0 mi
- Kids Garden: 22.3 mi
- Ella Sharp Rose Garden: 23.9 mi
- Tripp's Mill: 5.1 mi
- Woodstock Manual Labor Institute: 15.0 mi
- Reality T.V.: 23.8 mi
- Beverley Simmons Bunny: 23.9 mi
- Coldwater Welcome Center 716: 20.6 mi
- Branch: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sandy Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelso Ridge | ENE 70° | 387 m | 8.8 mi |
| Bundy Hill | NE 34° | 381 m | 13.1 mi |
| Prospect Hill | ENE 62° | 372 m | 19.9 mi |
| Hatt Hill | NNE 31° | 348 m | 20.7 mi |
| Irish Hill | ENE 65° | 344 m | 19.1 mi |
| Hell's Point | WSW 239° | 326 m | 24.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:14 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:36 | 21:18 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:01 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 08:04 | 16:26 | 17:11 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 25 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hillsdale, 3 mi away.
- Northern Map Turtle9 obs
- Red-throated Loon6 obs
- Painted Turtle5 obs
- Mute Swan4 obs
- Canada Goose4 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird4 obs
- Purple Martin4 obs
- Spiny Softshell4 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/1065677364
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