Silver Lake Recreation Area
Silver Lake Recreation Area is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 278 m. Briar Hill stands 517 m to the south, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Old English Village Beach, a park 0.8 miles away. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 278 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Charter Township of Garfield
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Old English Village Beach: 0.8 mi
- Silver Lake Boating Access Site: 0.8 mi
- Common Park: 1.1 mi
- Heritage Estates Common Area: 1.3 mi
- Heritage Estates Common Area: 1.3 mi
- Miller Creek Nature Reserve: 2.6 mi
- South Long Lake Forest Natural Area: 2.7 mi
- Timbers Recreation Area: 3.1 mi
- Long Island: 3.4 mi
- Picnic Island: 3.6 mi
- Dennos Museum Center: 5.8 mi
- Lake Ann Historical Society Museum: 8.1 mi
- Music House Museum: 11.0 mi
- Old-Time Necessities Building: 14.3 mi
- Toy Box & Post Office: 14.3 mi
- McCrea Hill: 1.5 mi
- Exodus Hill: 3.9 mi
- Hickory Hill: 4.0 mi
- Wayne Hill: 4.3 mi
- Morgan Hill: 4.5 mi
- Frida Kahlo: 3.2 mi
- Boardman Serenade: 3.6 mi
- May You Always Know the Truth and See the Light Surrounding You: 3.6 mi
- Serenity's Muse: 3.6 mi
- Eagletown: 3.7 mi
- Suspendend Overlook: 3.0 mi
- World's Largest Cherry Pie - Pan: 3.2 mi
- The Cistern: 3.3 mi
- Rope Swing: 3.4 mi
- S-Curve: 9.4 mi
- Gravesite of Traverse Colantha Walker: 3.0 mi
- Grand Traverse Veterans Memorial: 3.7 mi
- St. Francis A.D. 1887: 4.2 mi
- Larry Cole Hardy: 4.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 9.9 mi
- West End Beach: 4.5 mi
- North Beach: 18.5 mi
- Haserot Beach: 19.7 mi
- Torch Lake Sand Bar Public Access Point: 20.0 mi
- Public Access: 20.7 mi
- Traverse City Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 2.9 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 2.9 mi
- Secret Garden: 3.0 mi
- Koeze Stable Garden: 3.0 mi
- Dodge Spring: 14.8 mi
- Marl Springs: 19.0 mi
- Chuck Wagon: 9.4 mi
- Jacktown: 15.6 mi
- Empire Bluffs: 20.0 mi
- Benzonia Roadside Park: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Silver Lake Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briar Hill | S 180° | 517 m | 24.0 mi |
| Briar Hill | S 178° | 410 m | 21.8 mi |
| Exodus Hill | NNW 340° | 370 m | 3.9 mi |
| Gallagher Hill | NNW 334° | 355 m | 5.0 mi |
| Varney Hill | WNW 294° | 337 m | 10.6 mi |
| Champion Hill | WSW 254° | 337 m | 17.7 mi |
| Twin Mountains | SSW 208° | 332 m | 12.4 mi |
| Crystal Mountain | SW 230° | 332 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:17 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:48 | 21:33 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 08:18 | 16:17 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 22 | 30 | 41 | 54 | 64 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Traverse City Munson, 4 mi away.
- American pokeweed8 obs
- autumn olive7 obs
- hoary alyssum7 obs
- Spring Peeper6 obs
- staghorn sumac6 obs
- Monarch5 obs
- Japanese Beetle5 obs
- Painted Turtle4 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/474378019
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