Van Steimel Park
Van Steimel Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 180 m. Exodus Hill stands 370 m to the south-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is 45th Parallel Park, a park 1.8 miles away. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 180 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Suttons Bay Township
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- 45th Parallel Park: 1.8 mi
- Elder's Park: 2.0 mi
- Water Wheel Park: 2.7 mi
- Sutton Park: 2.7 mi
- Bahle Park: 2.8 mi
- Stites Natural Area: 3.2 mi
- Belanger Creek Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Frazier-Freeland Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Omena Woods: 4.6 mi
- Brinkman Bog Nature Sanctuary: 5.6 mi
- Time to Let Go: 15.4 mi
- Guardian: 15.5 mi
- Greetings from Traverse City: 15.6 mi
- Untitled: 15.6 mi
- Autumn, 1989: 15.8 mi
- 45th Parallel: 1.8 mi
- Hessler Log Cabin: 5.9 mi
- Hugh J. Gray Cairn: 12.4 mi
- Stone Circle: 12.6 mi
- The Cistern: 16.4 mi
- Bramen Hill: 9.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 12.1 mi
- Fouch Hill: 12.8 mi
- Old Baldy: 13.4 mi
- Carpenter Hill: 13.7 mi
- Peninsula Township War Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Leland Historical District (Fishtown): 8.2 mi
- Elk Rapids Iron Company Furnace Ruin: 11.2 mi
- 45th Parallel Signpost: 12.1 mi
- Larry Cole Hardy: 15.6 mi
- Eyaawing Museum and Cultural Center: 1.8 mi
- Leelanau Historical Museum: 8.1 mi
- Northport Area Museum: 9.7 mi
- Elk Rapids Area Historical Museum: 11.1 mi
- Guntzviller's Taxidermy and Spirit of the Woods Museum: 11.7 mi
- Haserot Beach: 5.9 mi
- South Beach: 8.4 mi
- North Beach: 10.9 mi
- Christmas Cove Beach: 12.5 mi
- West End Beach: 15.2 mi
- Arrowhead Garden: Iva's North: 11.2 mi
- Archangel Gabriel Community Garden: 14.8 mi
- Challengers Island Garden: 16.0 mi
- Salvation Army Daycare Garden: 16.0 mi
- Hull Park Butterfly Garden: 16.1 mi
- Dodge Spring: 20.1 mi
- artesian well: 20.2 mi
- Grand Traverse Lighthouse: 15.5 mi
- Chuck Wagon: 22.4 mi
- Jacktown: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Van Steimel Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exodus Hill | SSW 199° | 370 m | 16.3 mi |
| Gallagher Hill | SSW 203° | 355 m | 15.8 mi |
| Varney Hill | SW 223° | 337 m | 20.0 mi |
| Warner Hill | SW 221° | 331 m | 20.8 mi |
| Fouch Hill | SSW 206° | 321 m | 12.8 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | WSW 244° | 319 m | 12.1 mi |
| Hickory Hill | SSW 192° | 301 m | 15.4 mi |
| The Sleeping Bear | WSW 251° | 294 m | 24.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:16 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:48 | 21:33 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 08:18 | 16:15 | 17:04 |
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 | 23 | 23 | 31 | 42 | 54 | 64 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OLD Mission 3ssw, 6 mi away.
- Round Goby18 obs
- Yellow Perch12 obs
- Iowa Darter7 obs
- Brook Stickleback7 obs
- Rainbow Smelt7 obs
- autumn olive6 obs
- Rock Bass4 obs
- Eastern Chipmunk3 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/232150671
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