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Veterans Memorial Park

Veterans Memorial Park from directly overhead

Veterans Memorial Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 262 m. Briar Hill stands 403 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is IXL Historical Museum, a museum 3.9 miles away. 75 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
262 m

What to expect

Operated by
Spalding Township

How to reach it

Coordinates45.69870, -87.52873

75 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 48
  • Cunard State Roadside Park: 5.7 mi
  • Adams Park: 10.4 mi
  • Bark River Sports Complex: 10.7 mi
  • Menominee River Public Access: 12.2 mi
  • Hamilton Lake Public Access: 13.2 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Museums: 7
Peaks: 4
Historic sites: 2
  • Steele Monument: 17.5 mi
  • Delta County Veterans Memorial: 23.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Fumee Creek Falls: 22.9 mi
  • Upper Fumee Creek Falls: 22.9 mi
Attractions: 1
Springs: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Community Garden: 21.7 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Escanaba Public Beach: 23.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Veterans Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Briar HillWNW 291°403 m17.3 mi
Iron HillWNW 294°358 m19.4 mi
Chalk HillSW 231°253 m17.1 mi
Buck HillSW 219°234 m23.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2319:03
June solstice05:0119:5820:44
September equinox06:3818:1018:50
December solstice07:2915:1916:09

Local time (America/Menominee).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182029415363686759473524
Precip in1.21.11.42.52.93.23.53.53.63.32.21.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cornell 5SE, 20 mi away.

  • paper birch2 obs
  • northern whitecedar2 obs
  • red maple1 obs
  • eastern hemlock1 obs
  • American beech1 obs
  • eastern leatherwood1 obs
  • yellow lady's slipper1 obs
  • red pine1 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.

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OpenStreetMap element way/1065933764

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