Sunning Bear
Sunning Bear is an artwork in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 177 m. Beach Hill stands 242 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Wicks Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 2002
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Wicks Park: 0.0 mi
- Willow Park: 0.2 mi
- Cook Park: 0.3 mi
- Jones Park: 0.3 mi
- Coghlin Park: 0.3 mi
- Mildred A. Peterson Nature Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Saugatuck Harbor Natural Area: 0.9 mi
- Tallmadge Woods Nature Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Lawrence A. and Mary Bell Wade Memorial Nature Sanctuary: 2.5 mi
- Dune Pines Nature Preserve: 6.5 mi
- Canary in a Coal Mine: 0.8 mi
- Saugatuck Totem Pole: 1.0 mi
- Perro de Sol V: 10.1 mi
- Wizard of Oz / Fighting Tree and Flying Monkey: 10.1 mi
- Wizard of Oz / Tinman: 10.1 mi
- Saugatuck-Douglas History Museum at Mount Baldhead Park: 0.2 mi
- Roan & Black: 0.8 mi
- Boathouse: 1.0 mi
- Saugatuck-Douglas History Center: 1.0 mi
- The Cappon House: 10.1 mi
- Oval Beach: 0.6 mi
- Ridgewood Beach: 1.5 mi
- Douglas Beach: 1.5 mi
- Macatawa Park Beach: 7.6 mi
- Ottawa Beach: 8.1 mi
- Francis Metallic Surfboat: 1.0 mi
- Dr. Asa Goodrich House: 1.0 mi
- Douglas Union School: 1.0 mi
- Wade’s Bayou: 1.1 mi
- Hudson Heritage Farm: 5.2 mi
- Star of Saugatuck: 0.1 mi
- Saugatuck Dune Rides: 1.8 mi
- Big White Pine Trailhead: 10.0 mi
- Organ House: 11.2 mi
- De Zwaan Windmill: 11.2 mi
- Rose Garden: 0.2 mi
- Saugatuck Center for the Arts Rain Garden: 0.3 mi
- Back-In-Time Garden: 1.0 mi
- Pride Celebration Garden: 1.0 mi
- Early Morning Garden: 22.8 mi
- Mount Baldhead: 0.3 mi
- Pelican Peak: 1.9 mi
- Baldy: 5.9 mi
- Beach Hill: 14.1 mi
- Saugatuck Rest Area 727: 3.8 mi
- Glenn Rest Area 726: 10.7 mi
- Zeeland Rest Area 528: 18.2 mi
- Singapore: 1.4 mi
- Holland Harbor Light: 7.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sunning Bear. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beach Hill | E 93° | 242 m | 14.1 mi |
| Mount Baldhead | NW 322° | 233 m | 0.3 mi |
| Baldy | N 1° | 233 m | 5.9 mi |
| Pelican Peak | N 3° | 221 m | 1.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:20 | 19:57 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:44 | 21:27 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 08:13 | 16:29 | 17:15 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 27 | 36 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Holland Tulip City AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9888478346
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