Sawmill Creek Park
Sawmill Creek Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 190 m. Mission Hill stands 295 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is John J. Helstrom at Shelldrake River Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 3.1 miles away. Whitefish Bay Scenic Byway passes 9.9 miles off. 24 named places lie within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 190 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Whitefish Township
How to reach it
- 9.9 mi off the Whitefish Bay Scenic Byway
24 named places within 25 miles
- John J. Helstrom at Shelldrake River Nature Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Margaret Shroyer Sanctuary: 9.2 mi
- Little Lake Sanctuary: 9.2 mi
- Barb's Beach Nature Preserve: 9.9 mi
- Seney National Wildlife Refuge - Whitefish Point Unit: 10.4 mi
- Shelldrake: 3.4 mi
- M.M. Drake: 10.5 mi
- Whitefish Point Lighthouse: 10.5 mi
- Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald: 10.5 mi
- Shelldrake: 3.3 mi
- Vermilion Point: 10.6 mi
- Carletonville: 23.3 mi
- Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum: 10.5 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 10.5 mi
- 1923 Surfboat House: 10.5 mi
- Tahquamenon Falls (Lower Falls): 8.2 mi
- Tahquamenon Falls (Upper Falls): 11.0 mi
- Stables Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
- Big Pines Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
- Crisp Point Lighthouse Park: 13.4 mi
- Little Lake Public Access: 16.3 mi
- Mission Hill: 20.4 mi
- Point Iroquois Lighthouse: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sawmill Creek Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Hill | ESE 122° | 295 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:44 | 19:13 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 20:51 | 21:38 |
| September equinox | 07:28 | 19:00 | 19:40 |
| December solstice | 08:22 | 16:04 | 16:56 |
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 | 16 | 17 | 24 | 37 | 49 | 58 | 64 | 64 | 57 | 44 | 33 | 23 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paradise, 2 mi away.
- pink lady's slipper65 obs
- Eastern Teaberry52 obs
- trailing arbutus31 obs
- Canadian bunchberry23 obs
- northern starflower23 obs
- Round-leaved Bog Orchid18 obs
- balsam fir17 obs
- narrowleaf cow wheat16 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/1087253139
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