Clark Lake Picnic Area
Clark Lake Picnic Area is a picnic site in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 527 m. Military Hill stands 560 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Sylvania Wilderness, a nature reserve 2.6 miles away. Heritage Drive passes 25 miles off. 76 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- United States Forest Service
How to reach it
- 24.7 mi off the Heritage Drive
76 named places within 25 miles
- Thousand Island Lake Public Access: 2.6 mi
- Duck Lake Public Access: 6.6 mi
- County Line Lake Public Access: 7.1 mi
- Goodyear Springs - East State Natural Area: 10.1 mi
- Dunn Lake State Natural Area: 10.9 mi
- Sylvania Wilderness: 2.6 mi
- Vilas County Forest- White Squaw Unit: 9.4 mi
- Vilas County Forest- Muskrat Creek Unit: 13.5 mi
- Upper Bucktabon Springs State Natural Area: 13.7 mi
- Vilas County Forest- Pioneer Creek Unit: 14.4 mi
- Kakabika Falls: 8.5 mi
- Kakabika Falls: 8.5 mi
- Kakabika Falls: 8.6 mi
- Kakabika Falls: 8.6 mi
- Kakabika Falls: 8.6 mi
- Northern Waters Museum: 7.8 mi
- Phelps Historical Museum: 17.1 mi
- Vilas County Historical Museum: 19.9 mi
- Nature Center: 21.1 mi
- Northwoods Childrens Museum & Discovery Store: 22.8 mi
- Summerwind Mansion: 4.9 mi
- Wisconsin River Headwaters: 9.4 mi
- Thirty-Second Division Memorial Highway: 9.5 mi
- Lac Vieux Desert: 12.2 mi
- First Forest Patrol Flight: 19.2 mi
- Big Rock: 11.3 mi
- Alligator Eye: 16.7 mi
- Military Hill: 17.4 mi
- Wolf Mountain: 24.8 mi
- Langford Lake Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
- Bobcat Lake Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
- Gateway Roadside Park: 8.3 mi
- Paulding Light: 10.7 mi
- Lake Gogebic State Park Beach: 18.4 mi
- The Bluff: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Clark Lake Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Military Hill | SE 134° | 560 m | 17.4 mi |
| Wolf Mountain | NW 304° | 553 m | 24.8 mi |
| Alligator Eye | NW 322° | 481 m | 16.7 mi |
| Big Rock | NE 42° | 448 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:30 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 20:07 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:17 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 15:24 | 16:14 |
Local time (America/Menominee).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 12 | 14 | 24 | 37 | 51 | 61 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 43 | 30 | 18 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paulding, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/2915040878
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