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South Shore Park

South Shore Park from directly overhead

South Shore Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 177 m. Manning Hill stands 280 m to the south, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Optimist Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. 158 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates45.41826, -83.80526

158 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 58
  • Optimist Park: 0.0 mi
  • Fossil Park: 0.1 mi
  • Westminster Park: 0.4 mi
  • Lakeside Park: 0.4 mi
  • Smitka Park: 0.5 mi
Attractions: 21
Museums: 6
Peaks: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1
Waterfalls: 1
Beaches: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Manning HillS 170°280 m24.9 mi
Black MountainWNW 288°263 m23.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:0919:48
June solstice05:4820:4221:28
September equinox07:2318:5619:35
December solstice08:1316:0616:55

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212229405363696860483727
Precip in2.21.51.72.62.93.43.13.43.13.32.32.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rogers City, under a mile away.

  • Biting Stonecrop5 obs
  • American Toad5 obs
  • American Herring Gull5 obs
  • bearberry4 obs
  • sand cherry3 obs
  • Common Merganser2 obs
  • Purple Martin2 obs
  • Tree Swallow2 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/352410477

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