Swains Lake County Park
Swains Lake County Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 321 m. Kelso Ridge stands 387 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Concord Universalist Church, a museum 1.8 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 161 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 321 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Jackson County
How to reach it
- 161.2 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Falling Waters Trail Trailhead Parking: 2.0 mi
- Falling Waters Historical Park: 4.4 mi
- Falling Waters Trail Trailhead Parking: 5.0 mi
- Whitehouse Nature Center: 7.6 mi
- Ménwabek Meadow Park: 7.6 mi
- Kate Palmer Wildlife Sanctuary: 9.8 mi
- Grand River Fen Preserve: 10.4 mi
- Burns Property: 10.9 mi
- Dahlem Environmental Education Center: 11.6 mi
- MacCready Nature Reserve: 12.9 mi
- Concord Universalist Church: 1.8 mi
- Gardner House Museum: 8.2 mi
- Brueckner Museum: 11.1 mi
- Grosvenor House Museum: 11.8 mi
- Ella Sharp Museum: 12.4 mi
- Bundy Hill: 11.7 mi
- Hatt Hill: 12.9 mi
- Jerusalem Hills: 16.7 mi
- Kelso Ridge: 18.0 mi
- Holibaugh Hills: 18.2 mi
- The Rock: 8.1 mi
- Reality T.V.: 12.4 mi
- Beverley Simmons Bunny: 12.5 mi
- Defense of the Flag: 13.5 mi
- Defense of the Flag: 13.5 mi
- Sandstone Rest Area 819: 11.2 mi
- Marshall Rest Area: 16.4 mi
- Jackson Rest Area 820: 18.4 mi
- Turkeyville Rest Area 722: 21.5 mi
- Grass Lake Rest Area: 24.1 mi
- McNaughton Family Plot: 16.2 mi
- Woodstock Manual Labor Institute: 18.5 mi
- Tripp's Mill: 21.1 mi
- South Marker: 23.5 mi
- North Marker: 23.6 mi
- Cross Spring: 3.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 15.9 mi
- Artesian Well: 16.4 mi
- Baldwin Park artesian well: 20.1 mi
- Ella Sharp Rose Garden: 12.5 mi
- Barber House Children's Garden: 15.1 mi
- Robert D. Wymer Memorial Pavilion: 13.7 mi
- Island picnic site: 13.7 mi
- Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star: 11.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Swains Lake County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelso Ridge | SE 144° | 387 m | 18.0 mi |
| Bundy Hill | SE 125° | 381 m | 11.7 mi |
| Prospect Hill | ESE 113° | 372 m | 21.5 mi |
| Hatt Hill | E 89° | 348 m | 12.9 mi |
| Irish Hill | ESE 116° | 344 m | 21.8 mi |
| Sackrider Hill | ENE 65° | 338 m | 24.6 mi |
| Dixon Hall | W 262° | 332 m | 20.5 mi |
| Teaspoon Hill | NNE 25° | 320 m | 25.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:14 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:36 | 21:19 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:01 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 08:05 | 16:25 | 17:10 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 27 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jackson Reynolds FLD, 12 mi away.
- American Toad8 obs
- Common Watersnake7 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird5 obs
- Common Snapping Turtle5 obs
- Painted Turtle5 obs
- Green Frog5 obs
- Mute Swan4 obs
- Northern Cardinal4 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/1096107357
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