Shotto Spring
Shotto Spring is a spring in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 219 m. Watson Hills stands 438 m to the south, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Gray Hill, a peak 1.6 miles away. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Tanton Family Working Forest Reserve: 1.6 mi
- Ray Johnston Nature Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Ray Johnston Nature Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Allan and Virginia McCune Nature Preserve: 2.2 mi
- William J. Dickson Nature Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Township Park Road Park: 1.7 mi
- Crooked Lake Boating Access Site: 3.3 mi
- Woodruff Park: 4.2 mi
- Walter Dow Park: 4.3 mi
- Gazebo Park: 4.4 mi
- Gray Hill: 1.6 mi
- Chandler Hill: 8.1 mi
- Ashman Hill: 8.5 mi
- Pintail Peak: 8.7 mi
- Tower Hill: 8.7 mi
- Steep Climb: 7.1 mi
- Steep Climb: 7.3 mi
- Steep Climb: 7.6 mi
- Russian Siebert Family Home Historic Site: 8.1 mi
- Giant Sturgeon Statue: 8.5 mi
- Ring of Bright Water II: 5.0 mi
- The Man on the Cross: 7.7 mi
- Shrine of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha: 7.7 mi
- Children Playing: 9.3 mi
- Block M Rock: 13.3 mi
- Bay View Historical Museum: 7.4 mi
- Little Traverse Historical Society and History Museum: 8.6 mi
- Little Traverse Historical Society: 8.6 mi
- Blackbird Museum: 10.7 mi
- Topinabee Museum: 12.3 mi
- Ignatius Petoskey: 8.3 mi
- Hemingway Statue: 8.3 mi
- Pennslyvania Park Cannon: 8.3 mi
- Peace Pole: 8.6 mi
- War Memorial / POW-MIA Memorial: 8.7 mi
- Harris Gardens: 8.3 mi
- Rose Garden Veranda: 8.3 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 8.8 mi
- Mesochosm Area: 14.2 mi
- Otsego County Demonstration Garden: 23.1 mi
- Devoe Beach: 8.4 mi
- Zorn Park Beach: 10.9 mi
- Peninsula Beach: 15.7 mi
- Lake Michigan Beach: 23.8 mi
- Topinabee Rest Area 407: 12.4 mi
- Vanderbilt Rest Area 406: 18.5 mi
- Hebron Rest Area 408: 21.3 mi
- Alanson Fresh Spring Water Well: 5.7 mi
- Bubbling Spring: 7.8 mi
- Steak Ride: 13.6 mi
- Charlevoix South Pier Light: 23.6 mi
- Sturgeon Bay: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Shotto Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watson Hills | S 169° | 438 m | 15.7 mi |
| Graham Benchmark | NW 312° | 405 m | 10.9 mi |
| Nub's Knob | NW 320° | 398 m | 9.0 mi |
| Emmet Heights | NW 313° | 395 m | 11.4 mi |
| Tower Hill | NW 319° | 393 m | 8.7 mi |
| Deadmans Hill | SSW 199° | 393 m | 23.5 mi |
| Chandler Hills | S 182° | 382 m | 10.0 mi |
| Chandler Hill | S 173° | 372 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:13 | 19:52 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:46 | 21:32 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:39 |
| December solstice | 08:16 | 16:10 | 17:00 |
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 | 19 | 20 | 28 | 40 | 52 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Petoskey Ncmc, 8 mi away.
- American beech17 obs
- eastern hemlock15 obs
- striped maple12 obs
- common bracken12 obs
- red maple11 obs
- eastern white pine10 obs
- yellow birch8 obs
- sugar maple8 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/700365833
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