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West Side Park

West Side Park from directly overhead

West Side Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 341 m. Michigamme Mountain stands 476 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Ford Park, a park 0.5 miles away. 88 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
341 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.81463, -88.07872

88 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 52
Waterfalls: 9
Peaks: 7
Museums: 6
Attractions: 3
Beaches: 1
  • Lake Antoine Beach: 3.4 mi
Springs: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • Steele Monument: 10.2 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Michigamme MountainNNW 348°476 m24.4 mi
Millie HillENE 76°475 m1.7 mi
Pine MountainN 353°462 m1.3 mi
Trader HillNE 46°445 m3.6 mi
Briar HillE 100°403 m10.5 mi
Iron HillE 91°358 m8.8 mi
Chalk HillSE 145°253 m23.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2619:05
June solstice05:0320:0120:47
September equinox06:4018:1318:52
December solstice07:3115:2116:11

Local time (America/Menominee).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151728405363676557453221
Precip in0.50.50.91.62.23.02.72.42.92.21.10.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Iron MTN Ford AP, 2 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer13 obs
  • hoary alyssum6 obs
  • white campion6 obs
  • great mullein5 obs
  • common milkweed4 obs
  • hound's-tongue4 obs
  • common toadflax4 obs
  • Red Clover4 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/545185142

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