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Spring Lake Park

Spring Lake Park from directly overhead

Spring Lake Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 182 m. Watson Hills stands 438 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Petoskey State Park, a park 0.6 miles away. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
182 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.39234, -84.90794

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
  • South Round Lake Nature Preserve: 0.7 mi
  • Round Lake Nature Preserve: 1.4 mi
  • Kuebler Trippe Nature Preserve: 1.6 mi
  • Martha A. Curtis Nature Preserve: 1.6 mi
  • Martha Cavanagh Cameron Nature Preserve: 1.8 mi
Peaks: 26
  • Pintail Peak: 4.7 mi
  • Tower Hill: 4.9 mi
  • Nub's Knob: 5.1 mi
  • Graham Benchmark: 6.0 mi
  • Emmet Heights: 6.5 mi
Attractions: 17
  • Steep Climb: 1.4 mi
  • Steep Climb: 1.6 mi
  • Steep Climb: 1.8 mi
  • Highpoint Corner: 3.1 mi
  • Overlook Cliff: 3.2 mi
Historic sites: 10
  • Ignatius Petoskey: 2.5 mi
  • Hemingway Statue: 2.6 mi
  • Pennslyvania Park Cannon: 2.6 mi
  • Peace Pole: 2.8 mi
  • Foundation of Old Walloon Hotel Barn: 8.0 mi
Museums: 9
  • Bay View Historical Museum: 1.4 mi
  • Little Traverse Historical Society and History Museum: 2.7 mi
  • Little Traverse Historical Society: 2.7 mi
  • Blackbird Museum: 4.6 mi
  • Pellston Historical Society Museum: 12.6 mi
Artworks: 6
Gardens: 4
  • Rose Garden Veranda: 2.5 mi
  • Harris Gardens: 3.1 mi
  • Monarch Waystation: 3.2 mi
  • Mesochosm Area: 16.1 mi
Beaches: 4
Springs: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • Topinabee Rest Area 407: 16.2 mi
  • Vanderbilt Rest Area 406: 22.4 mi
  • Hebron Rest Area 408: 22.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Watson HillsSSE 152°438 m19.4 mi
Graham BenchmarkNNW 340°405 m6.0 mi
Nub's KnobN 4°398 m5.1 mi
Emmet HeightsNNW 340°395 m6.5 mi
Tower HillN 4°393 m4.9 mi
Deadmans HillS 184°393 m24.0 mi
Chandler HillsSSE 154°382 m13.0 mi
Chandler HillSE 144°372 m12.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:1319:52
June solstice05:5220:4721:32
September equinox07:2719:0019:39
December solstice08:1716:1117:00

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192028405262676659473627
Precip in2.41.72.03.03.13.32.93.53.84.33.63.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Petoskey Ncmc, 3 mi away.

  • Ring-billed Gull46 obs
  • striped maple42 obs
  • eastern hemlock37 obs
  • American beech32 obs
  • star-flowered lily-of-the-valley31 obs
  • northern whitecedar31 obs
  • American white waterlily30 obs
  • guelder-rose30 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/508263400

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