Sunset Lake Park
Sunset Lake Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 491 m. Sheridan Hill stands 560 m to the southwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Ice Lake Park, a park 2.5 miles away. Heritage Drive passes 24 miles off. 38 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 491 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Bates Township
How to reach it
- 23.6 mi off the Heritage Drive
38 named places within 25 miles
- Ice Lake Park: 2.5 mi
- Larson Roadside Park: 2.6 mi
- Iron River Skate Park: 3.4 mi
- Hoover Park: 3.9 mi
- Pentoga Park: 7.2 mi
- Iron County Historical Museum: 4.7 mi
- Amasa Historical Museum: 9.7 mi
- Harbour House Museum: 12.4 mi
- Phelps Historical Museum: 24.4 mi
- Hoover Park Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Amasa High School Commemorative Plaque: 9.6 mi
- St. Mary Catholic Church Commemorative Plaque: 9.8 mi
- Sheridan Hill: 9.1 mi
- Michigamme Mountain: 19.3 mi
- Military Hill: 23.9 mi
- Jennings Falls: 22.9 mi
- Washburn Falls: 24.4 mi
- Gibbs City: 8.5 mi
- Norway Lake Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sunset Lake Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheridan Hill | SW 219° | 560 m | 9.1 mi |
| Military Hill | W 260° | 560 m | 23.9 mi |
| Michigamme Mountain | E 84° | 476 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:58 | 19:27 | 20:07 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 21:04 | 21:50 |
| September equinox | 07:42 | 19:14 | 19:54 |
| December solstice | 08:35 | 16:21 | 17:12 |
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 | 11 | 13 | 23 | 37 | 51 | 60 | 64 | 62 | 54 | 42 | 29 | 17 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stambaugh 2sse, 6 mi away.
- purple pitcher plant2 obs
- Watershield2 obs
- Common Snapping Turtle1 obs
- Gray Wolf1 obs
- White-tailed Deer1 obs
- Eastern Chipmunk1 obs
- American Red Squirrel1 obs
- yellow lady's slipper1 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/461280008
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