Skandia West Side Park
Skandia West Side Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 282 m. Summit Mountain stands 571 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Engman Lake Public Access, a park 4.8 miles away. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 282 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Skandia Township
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Engman Lake Public Access: 4.8 mi
- Beaver Grove Recreation Area: 7.4 mi
- Lake Superior Roadside Park: 7.9 mi
- Bass Lake Public Access: 9.7 mi
- Chocolay Township Marina: 10.0 mi
- K.I. Sawyer Heritage Air Museum: 7.3 mi
- Forsyth Township Historical Museum: 11.6 mi
- Marquette Maritime Museum: 13.6 mi
- Upper Peninsula Children's Museum: 13.7 mi
- Marquette Regional History Center: 13.8 mi
- Laughing Whitefish Falls State Park: 8.2 mi
- Chocolay Bayou Nature Preserve: 10.3 mi
- Laughing Whitefish Lake Preserve: 10.7 mi
- Escanaba River State Forest: 14.1 mi
- Harry and Hattie Handford Memorial Nature Sanctuary: 14.2 mi
- Mount Marquette: 12.3 mi
- Ragged Hills: 13.3 mi
- Kona Hills: 14.4 mi
- Wewe Hills: 14.5 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 19.0 mi
- Laughing White Fish Falls: 8.1 mi
- Morgan Falls: 13.1 mi
- Lower Carp Falls: 13.3 mi
- Cataract Dam Falls: 13.6 mi
- Lower Morgan Meadows Falls: 15.2 mi
- Lockheed T-33: 7.0 mi
- Abandoned Soviet Transport IL-76: 7.5 mi
- Lower Harbor Ore Dock: 13.6 mi
- McClintock Annex: 13.7 mi
- Fire Bell: 13.7 mi
- D.S.S.&A. Ore Dock #1: 13.5 mi
- Harlow Farms First Homestead: 14.8 mi
- Bartlett King: 19.0 mi
- Jackson Mine Monument: 19.8 mi
- Forestville Fireplace: 21.1 mi
- Picnic Rocks Beach: 13.9 mi
- Dead River Beach: 15.6 mi
- Middle Bay Beach: 16.2 mi
- Teal Lake Beach: 20.1 mi
- Hidden Beach: 20.3 mi
- KI Sawyer Community Garden: 7.2 mi
- NMU Hoop House: 15.2 mi
- Marquette Community Gardens: 16.1 mi
- Incubator Community Garden: 22.0 mi
- Migisy Bluff: 11.2 mi
- Black Rocks: 16.5 mi
- The Cut: 19.2 mi
- Last Bluff: 22.6 mi
- Lakenenland: 9.1 mi
- Lakenenland: 9.2 mi
- Father Marquette Statue: 13.6 mi
- Marquette Harbor Lighthouse: 13.6 mi
- Breakwater Light: 15.3 mi
- Marquette Welcome Center: 10.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Skandia West Side Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Mountain | WNW 286° | 571 m | 19.4 mi |
| Wewe Hills | WNW 293° | 493 m | 14.5 mi |
| Green Hills | W 263° | 467 m | 22.1 mi |
| Pilot Knob | WNW 292° | 457 m | 22.5 mi |
| Ragged Hills | WNW 302° | 421 m | 13.3 mi |
| Kona Hills | WNW 299° | 416 m | 14.4 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | NW 323° | 372 m | 19.9 mi |
| Mount Marquette | NW 322° | 337 m | 12.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:53 | 19:22 | 20:02 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:59 | 21:46 |
| September equinox | 07:37 | 19:09 | 19:49 |
| December solstice | 08:30 | 16:15 | 17:05 |
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 | 17 | 18 | 27 | 38 | 52 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 57 | 44 | 33 | 23 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — KI Sawyer Wwtp, 7 mi away.
- yellow birch24 obs
- eastern hemlock16 obs
- Carolina Springbeauty13 obs
- Tree Lungwort10 obs
- shining firmoss10 obs
- Canada yew10 obs
- yellow trout lily8 obs
- sugar maple8 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/1090857741
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