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Second Sand Beach Park

Second Sand Beach Park from directly overhead

Second Sand Beach Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 186 m. Mount Arvon stands 601 m to the southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Second Sand Beach, a beach 0.4 miles away. Copper Country Trail passes 21 miles off. 125 named places lie within 25 miles, 19 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
186 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates46.85537, -88.36567

Overlooks nearby

125 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 44
Peaks: 19
Historic sites: 15
Waterfalls: 13
  • Silver River Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Quartzite Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Power House Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Ogemaw Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Canyon Falls: 16.9 mi
Museums: 9
Attractions: 5
  • Chassell Mountain Bike Skills Park: 14.4 mi
  • Skills Zone: 19.6 mi
  • Bayside Bike Park: 19.7 mi
  • Quincy Mine Tours: 21.8 mi
  • Creekside Bike Park: 22.8 mi
Beaches: 3
Artworks: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Wadsworth Garden: 20.0 mi
  • Pewabic Street Community Garden: 20.7 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ArvonSE 125°601 m12.1 mi
Mount CurwoodSSE 150°600 m12.1 mi
Mount BenisonE 88°482 m19.3 mi
Mount IdaE 87°456 m20.2 mi
Tolonen HillNW 309°455 m20.0 mi
Huron MountainE 85°446 m21.1 mi
Mount HomerE 90°437 m21.7 mi
South RangeNW 311°433 m20.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5719:2620:06
June solstice06:0021:0521:52
September equinox07:4119:1319:53
December solstice08:3716:1617:08

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161724374857646356443222
Precip in2.01.41.52.93.43.33.22.83.53.02.42.4

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

  • spoonleaf sundew4 obs
  • round-leaved sundew3 obs
  • Rose Pogonia3 obs
  • seaside pea3 obs
  • bog goldenrod3 obs
  • Bald Eagle2 obs
  • Spring Peeper2 obs
  • White-tailed Deer2 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/1086984829

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