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Courtney Lake Picnic Area

Courtney Lake Picnic Area from directly overhead

Courtney Lake Picnic Area is a picnic site in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 356 m. Tolonen Hill stands 455 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Bob Lake Picnic Area, a picnic site 6.6 miles away. 60 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
United States Forest Service

How to reach it

Coordinates46.75451, -88.94116

60 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 21
Peaks: 11
Waterfalls: 9
Museums: 6
Cliffs: 3
Beaches: 3
Historic sites: 2
  • Victoria Mine "New" Shaft No. 2 Hoist House: 14.3 mi
  • North Bruce Lutheran Church (ruins): 15.9 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tolonen HillNNE 31°455 m22.6 mi
Adventure MountainW 280°447 m6.8 mi
Haystack MountainSSE 162°441 m20.3 mi
South RangeNNE 30°433 m23.5 mi
C Shaft HillW 262°422 m10.8 mi
Silver MountainESE 122°398 m11.3 mi
Mount KallioSE 134°397 m20.4 mi
Limestone MountainENE 72°339 m11.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox08:0019:2820:08
June solstice06:0221:0721:54
September equinox07:4319:1519:55
December solstice08:3816:1917:11

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192028395160646356453324
Precip in2.61.71.82.93.43.43.33.23.83.63.02.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenland 6N, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/2915040880

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