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South Beach

South Beach from directly overhead

South Beach is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 184 m. Summit Mountain stands 571 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Hurley Field, a park 0.5 miles away. 134 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
184 m

How to reach it

Coordinates46.52922, -87.39165

134 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 57
Waterfalls: 13
  • Morgan Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Lower Carp Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Lower Morgan Meadows Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Morgan Meadows Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Warner Falls: 11.9 mi
Peaks: 12
Historic sites: 6
  • D.S.S.&A. Ore Dock #1: 0.7 mi
  • Harlow Farms First Homestead: 2.0 mi
  • Bartlett King: 6.0 mi
  • Forestville Fireplace: 8.2 mi
  • Jackson Mine Monument: 10.1 mi
Attractions: 6
Beaches: 5
Cliffs: 4
Gardens: 4
Artworks: 3
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Marquette Welcome Center: 2.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Summit MountainWSW 244°571 m12.6 mi
Wewe HillsSW 231°493 m7.9 mi
Green HillsSW 227°467 m19.9 mi
Pilot KnobW 260°457 m13.8 mi
Ragged HillsSW 228°421 m5.5 mi
Kona HillsSW 235°416 m6.4 mi
Hogback MountainNW 318°372 m7.0 mi
Mount MarquetteSSW 199°337 m1.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5419:2220:02
June solstice05:5721:0021:47
September equinox07:3719:0919:49
December solstice08:3116:1417:05

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192028385059666659473524
Precip in1.91.51.62.72.93.13.12.33.33.42.42.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marquette, 1 mi away.

  • Mallard145 obs
  • Eastern Chipmunk140 obs
  • Canada Goose120 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel107 obs
  • tansy101 obs
  • paper birch87 obs
  • thimbleberry84 obs
  • eastern hemlock81 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1107957646

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