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Mount Franklin

Mount Franklin, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Franklin rises to 380 m in Michigan. Cote Dame Marie stands 456 m to the south-southwest, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Camp Grayling Circle, a park 0.7 miles away. 144 named places lie within 25 miles, 49 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Crawford County, Michigan, United States of America

Wikidata Q33141446, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
380 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.64529, -84.76698

144 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 49
  • Camp Grayling Circle: 0.7 mi
  • North Higgins Lake State Park: 9.2 mi
  • Betty Sajdak Park: 9.2 mi
  • Stephans Bridge Boating Access Site: 9.7 mi
  • Bear Lake Public Access: 10.0 mi
Peaks: 49
Attractions: 19
  • Indian Village: 3.7 mi
  • Climbing Wall: 3.9 mi
  • Zip Line: 3.9 mi
  • Main Village: 3.9 mi
  • Cedar Village: 4.0 mi
Museums: 10
Rest areas: 4
  • Grayling Rest Area 403: 3.8 mi
  • Hartwick Pines Rest Area 404: 7.8 mi
  • Nine Mile Hill Rest Area 434: 19.2 mi
  • Gaylord Rest Area 405: 22.8 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Beach Area: 3.9 mi
  • Main Beach: 20.1 mi
  • North Beach: 20.3 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Fort: 4.7 mi
  • C.C.C. Worker: 8.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cote Dame MarieSSW 204°456 m3.5 mi
Cleary HillWSW 241°446 m6.6 mi
Olsen HillSSW 194°444 m3.4 mi
Taylor HillSSW 197°439 m2.8 mi
Three Sisters RangeSSW 195°431 m2.9 mi
Toll HillN 356°430 m12.9 mi
Redner HillNNE 29°430 m17.8 mi
BaldySW 232°427 m16.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1319:52
June solstice05:5520:4421:29
September equinox07:2719:0019:38
December solstice08:1416:1417:02

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F181928415464686658463425
Precip in1.81.41.73.43.23.63.13.33.24.02.62.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grayling, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 626427 — Mount Franklin, Crawford County, Michigan.

OpenStreetMap element node/353932563

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