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Gateway Roadside Park

Gateway Roadside Park from directly overhead

Gateway Roadside Park is a rest area in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 523 m. Military Hill stands 560 m to the southeast, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Northern Waters Museum, a museum 1.3 miles away. Heritage Drive passes 17 miles off. 73 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Michigan Department of Transportation

How to reach it

Coordinates46.16782, -89.20098

73 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 27
  • Duck Lake Public Access: 2.2 mi
  • Lac Vieux Desert Public Access: 4.0 mi
  • Community Park: 8.5 mi
  • Waverly Park: 9.3 mi
  • Thousand Island Lake Public Access: 10.0 mi
Nature reserves: 13
  • Sylvania Wilderness: 5.7 mi
  • Vilas County Forest- Muskrat Creek Unit: 6.5 mi
  • Vilas County Forest- Pioneer Creek Unit: 8.9 mi
  • Vilas County Forest- White Squaw Unit: 10.2 mi
  • Upper Bucktabon Springs State Natural Area: 11.1 mi
Museums: 9
Waterfalls: 9
  • Kakabika Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Kakabika Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Kakabika Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Kakabika Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Kakabika Falls: 16.8 mi
Historic sites: 6
  • Wisconsin River Headwaters: 1.9 mi
  • Thirty-Second Division Memorial Highway: 1.9 mi
  • Lac Vieux Desert: 4.0 mi
  • Summerwind Mansion: 10.8 mi
  • Snowmobile: 20.2 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Military Hill: 9.1 mi
  • Big Rock: 13.5 mi
  • Alligator Eye: 24.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Attractions: 2
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Military HillSE 140°560 m9.1 mi
Alligator EyeNW 317°481 m24.9 mi
Big RockN 4°448 m13.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3019:09
June solstice05:0620:0620:53
September equinox06:4418:1718:56
December solstice07:3715:2416:14

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F121424375161656356433018
Precip in1.51.21.62.83.43.74.03.33.63.72.31.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paulding, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5635943135

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