V F W Park
V F W Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 251 m. Maple Hill stands 300 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Grass Lake Hunting Club, a nature reserve 2.3 miles away. Whitefish Bay Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off. 138 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 251 m
How to reach it
- 23.3 mi off the Whitefish Bay Scenic Byway
138 named places within 25 miles
- Hessel Beach: 5.7 mi
- The Snows Heritage Park: 7.2 mi
- William B. Derby Nature Preserve: 7.5 mi
- Clark Township Downtown Park and Boat Dock: 7.9 mi
- Pickford Township Park: 8.0 mi
- Grass Lake Hunting Club: 2.3 mi
- Nye Nature Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Oliver and Edna Birge Nature Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Beaver Dam Nature Sanctuary: 5.7 mi
- Jack Mertaugh Addition to the Birge Nature Preserve: 5.7 mi
- Historic Caldwell Log Cabin: 12.8 mi
- Old Wilson School: 12.8 mi
- British Landing: 16.3 mi
- Fort Holmes: 16.8 mi
- Mission Church: 17.2 mi
- Old Hessel Schoolhouse Museum: 5.5 mi
- Les Cheneaux Historical Museum: 7.8 mi
- Maritime Museum: 8.2 mi
- Kinross Heritage and Military Museum: 12.8 mi
- Kinross Heritage Park & Military Museum: 12.8 mi
- Peek-A-Boo Hill: 5.8 mi
- Horse Rock Point: 6.0 mi
- Brulee Point: 7.6 mi
- Maple Hill: 15.8 mi
- Rabbit Back Peak: 16.2 mi
- Sunset Point: 20.7 mi
- Coyle Point: 21.9 mi
- Reed Point: 21.9 mi
- Green Point: 22.7 mi
- Hay Point: 22.9 mi
- Narnia Lantern: 12.5 mi
- Crack in the Island: 16.8 mi
- Mystery Spot: 21.5 mi
- Mystery Town USA: 24.2 mi
- Dukes Lake Beach: 12.6 mi
- Sandy Cove: 13.5 mi
- Kiwanis Beach: 19.0 mi
- Chain Lake Beach: 19.1 mi
- Saint Ignace Rest Area: 18.9 mi
- Saint Ignace Welcome Center: 19.8 mi
- Sault Sainte Marie Rest Area: 24.1 mi
- Mackinaw City Welcome Center 409: 24.6 mi
- The Big Spring: 16.7 mi
- Dwightwood Springs: 16.7 mi
- Dablott Spring: 17.1 mi
- Arch Rock: 16.7 mi
- Secret Garden: 17.5 mi
- Carletonville: 23.3 mi
- Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of V F W Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Hill | WNW 290° | 300 m | 15.8 mi |
| Peek-A-Boo Hill | SE 140° | 222 m | 5.8 mi |
| Rabbit Back Peak | SW 227° | 212 m | 16.2 mi |
| Castle Rock | SW 228° | 210 m | 17.4 mi |
| St. Anthony's Rock | SW 220° | 183 m | 19.0 mi |
| Brulee Point | S 176° | 179 m | 7.6 mi |
| Horse Rock Point | S 175° | 177 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:11 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 20:47 | 21:33 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 08:18 | 16:05 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 14 | 16 | 23 | 37 | 50 | 59 | 63 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rudyard 5SE, 8 mi away.
- Fairy-slipper6 obs
- northern coralroot3 obs
- yellow lady's slipper2 obs
- marsh marigold2 obs
- downy rattlesnake plantain2 obs
- Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth2 obs
- Dark Fishing Spider2 obs
- heath speedwell2 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/1046226420
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