Shiras Hill Park
Shiras Hill Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 222 m. Summit Mountain stands 571 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Marquette, a peak 0.5 miles away. 134 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 222 m
How to reach it
134 named places within 25 miles
- South Beach: 0.7 mi
- Hurley Field: 0.9 mi
- Giants Foot Park: 1.1 mi
- Founder's Landing: 1.2 mi
- Lakeside Park: 1.4 mi
- Morgan Falls: 2.2 mi
- Lower Carp Falls: 2.6 mi
- Lower Morgan Meadows Falls: 3.9 mi
- Morgan Meadows Falls: 3.9 mi
- Warner Falls: 11.3 mi
- Mount Marquette: 0.5 mi
- Ragged Hills: 4.9 mi
- Kona Hills: 5.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Wewe Hills: 7.3 mi
- Upper Peninsula Children's Museum: 1.4 mi
- Marquette Regional History Center: 1.5 mi
- Marquette Maritime Museum: 1.9 mi
- Michigan Iron Industry Museum: 8.0 mi
- Negaunee Historical Society Museum: 10.0 mi
- D.S.S.&A. Ore Dock #1: 1.3 mi
- Harlow Farms First Homestead: 2.2 mi
- Bartlett King: 6.5 mi
- Forestville Fireplace: 8.5 mi
- Jackson Mine Monument: 9.8 mi
- Lower Harbor Ore Dock: 1.5 mi
- Fire Bell: 1.6 mi
- McClintock Annex: 1.7 mi
- Abandoned Soviet Transport IL-76: 12.2 mi
- Lockheed T-33: 12.2 mi
- Picnic Rocks Beach: 2.2 mi
- Dead River Beach: 3.8 mi
- Middle Bay Beach: 4.5 mi
- Hidden Beach: 7.8 mi
- Teal Lake Beach: 10.3 mi
- Migisy Bluff: 1.6 mi
- Black Rocks: 5.1 mi
- The Cut: 6.6 mi
- Last Bluff: 13.5 mi
- NMU Hoop House: 2.9 mi
- Marquette Community Gardens: 4.5 mi
- Incubator Community Garden: 13.0 mi
- KI Sawyer Community Garden: 13.2 mi
- Father Marquette Statue: 1.4 mi
- Lakenenland: 11.8 mi
- Lakenenland: 11.8 mi
- Marquette Harbor Lighthouse: 2.1 mi
- Breakwater Light: 3.9 mi
- Marquette Welcome Center: 1.9 mi
- Thomas Rock Natural Area: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Shiras Hill Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Mountain | WSW 247° | 571 m | 12.1 mi |
| Wewe Hills | SW 233° | 493 m | 7.3 mi |
| Green Hills | SW 228° | 467 m | 19.3 mi |
| Pilot Knob | W 263° | 457 m | 13.5 mi |
| Ragged Hills | SW 231° | 421 m | 4.9 mi |
| Kona Hills | WSW 239° | 416 m | 5.9 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | NW 323° | 372 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount Marquette | SSW 198° | 337 m | 0.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:54 | 19:22 | 20:02 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 21:00 | 21:47 |
| September equinox | 07:37 | 19:09 | 19:49 |
| December solstice | 08:31 | 16:14 | 17:06 |
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 | 19 | 20 | 28 | 38 | 50 | 59 | 66 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marquette, 2 mi away.
- thimbleberry50 obs
- Mallard46 obs
- striped maple45 obs
- tansy45 obs
- eastern hemlock39 obs
- Common Merganser33 obs
- eastern white pine32 obs
- northern whitecedar32 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/633787108
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