Tippy Dam State Recreation Area
Tippy Dam State Recreation Area is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 209 m. Briar Hill stands 517 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Cooley Bridge Roadside Park, a park 3.3 miles away. 117 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.
How to reach it
117 named places within 25 miles
- Cooley Bridge Roadside Park: 3.3 mi
- Crystal Lake Township Park: 3.4 mi
- Dorner Lake Recreation Area: 4.1 mi
- Dickson Township Park: 4.7 mi
- Manikawa Park: 4.9 mi
- Oliver Family Nature Preserve Trail: 12.7 mi
- Sauble Township Community Gardens: 14.3 mi
- Fletcher Creek Nature Preserve: 16.6 mi
- Bear Lake Public Access: 17.1 mi
- Kohn Family Nature Preserve: 17.5 mi
- Bottle House Museum: 8.4 mi
- Kaleva Depot Museum: 8.6 mi
- Mesick Historical Museum: 14.8 mi
- Our Savior's Historical Museum: 19.0 mi
- Manistee County Historical Museum: 19.2 mi
- Capper's Peak: 8.2 mi
- Udell Hills: 8.4 mi
- Caberfae Peak: 11.0 mi
- Briar Hill: 14.6 mi
- Briar Hill: 16.3 mi
- Crystal Lake Swimming Area: 3.4 mi
- Healy Lake Beach: 12.4 mi
- Lakeshore Public Access Beach: 18.4 mi
- North Beach: 19.2 mi
- Fifth Avenue Beach: 20.0 mi
- Udell Rollways Recreation Area: 7.0 mi
- Peterson Bridge North Day Use and Boat Launch Area: 8.0 mi
- Hoags Lake Day Use Area: 14.9 mi
- SS City of Milwaukee: 18.6 mi
- United States Coast Guard Cutter Acacia: 18.7 mi
- Adventure Island: 23.9 mi
- Stockade Labyrinth: 18.4 mi
- Old Facefull: 19.0 mi
- Benzonia Roadside Park: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tippy Dam State Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briar Hill | ENE 61° | 517 m | 14.6 mi |
| Caberfae Peak | E 99° | 452 m | 11.0 mi |
| Briar Hill | NE 55° | 410 m | 16.3 mi |
| Crystal Mountain | N 351° | 332 m | 18.3 mi |
| Twin Mountains | NNE 19° | 332 m | 21.3 mi |
| Turtle Lake Hill | N 2° | 308 m | 23.9 mi |
| North Hills | N 359° | 299 m | 20.4 mi |
| Capper's Peak | SW 233° | 298 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:48 | 19:18 | 19:56 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:47 | 21:32 |
| September equinox | 07:32 | 19:05 | 19:43 |
| December solstice | 08:17 | 16:20 | 17:08 |
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 | 20 | 22 | 30 | 42 | 54 | 64 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 35 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wellston 1N, 3 mi away.
- Chinook Salmon10 obs
- Rainbow Trout8 obs
- Ghost Pipe8 obs
- red columbine8 obs
- sassafras8 obs
- Belted Kingfisher5 obs
- common jewelweed5 obs
- Red-spotted Admiral5 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/840500519
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- Cadillac · 27 mi
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