Bob Lake Picnic Area
Bob Lake Picnic Area is a picnic site in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 365 m. Big Rock stands 448 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Courtney Lake Picnic Area, a picnic site 6.6 miles away. 63 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- United States Forest Service
How to reach it
63 named places within 25 miles
- Military Hills Roadside Park: 12.0 mi
- Sparrow-Kenton Wayside Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Agate Falls Scenic Area: 15.2 mi
- Stannard Township Park: 15.3 mi
- Twin Lakes State Park: 16.0 mi
- Sturgeon Falls: 10.4 mi
- O Kun de Kun Falls: 11.4 mi
- Konteka Falls: 11.5 mi
- Agate Falls: 15.1 mi
- Tibbets Falls: 16.3 mi
- Silver Mountain: 8.2 mi
- Adventure Mountain: 11.1 mi
- South Military Hill: 11.3 mi
- North Military Hill: 12.9 mi
- C Shaft Hill: 13.0 mi
- Childhood Cottage Museum: 13.6 mi
- Old Victoria Historic Townsite: 15.3 mi
- Alberta Village Museum: 20.4 mi
- Ford Historic Sawmill Museum: 20.5 mi
- Baraga County Historical Museum: 21.3 mi
- South Bluff: 13.1 mi
- The Bluff: 15.1 mi
- Oak Bluff: 17.6 mi
- Courtney Lake Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Norway Lake Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- North Bruce Lutheran Church (ruins): 13.5 mi
- Victoria Mine "New" Shaft No. 2 Hoist House: 15.4 mi
- Santa Monica Beach: 23.9 mi
- Ontonagon Township Park Beach: 24.0 mi
- Ontonagon Lighthouse: 24.4 mi
- Ontonagon Lighthouse: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bob Lake Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Rock | SSW 212° | 448 m | 24.2 mi |
| Adventure Mountain | NW 313° | 447 m | 11.1 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | SSE 160° | 441 m | 13.8 mi |
| C Shaft Hill | WNW 292° | 422 m | 13.0 mi |
| Silver Mountain | E 87° | 398 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mount Kallio | ESE 120° | 397 m | 15.4 mi |
| Limestone Mountain | NE 45° | 339 m | 14.1 mi |
| Little Mountain | E 79° | 336 m | 21.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:00 | 19:28 | 20:08 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 21:06 | 21:54 |
| September equinox | 07:43 | 19:15 | 19:55 |
| December solstice | 08:38 | 16:20 | 17:11 |
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 | 14 | 16 | 25 | 38 | 51 | 61 | 64 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 31 | 20 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Watton 2wsw, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/2915040875
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