Ottawa Beach
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Ottawa Beach is a beach in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 179 m. Beach Hill stands 242 m to the east-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Holland Harbor Light, a lighthouse 0.2 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Beach in Ottawa County, Michigan, USA.
Wikidata Q33328028, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 179 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Michigan Department of Natural Resources
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sanctuary Woods: 0.9 mi
- Idlewood Beach Association: 1.5 mi
- Tunnel Park: 1.6 mi
- Virginia Park Woods: 1.6 mi
- Virginia Park: 1.7 mi
- Castle Park Nature Reserve: 1.5 mi
- Dune Pines Nature Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Kuker-Van Til Nature Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Albert C. Keppel Forest Preserve: 2.3 mi
- VanBuren Street Dunes Open Space: 6.4 mi
- The Protector: 5.1 mi
- Wizard of Oz / Fighting Tree and Flying Monkey: 5.2 mi
- Wizard of Oz / Tinman: 5.2 mi
- Wizard of Oz / Wicked Witch of the North: 5.2 mi
- Wizard of Oz / Dorothy and Toto: 5.2 mi
- Albertus C. Van Raalte: 5.3 mi
- Kumaji Kimura Memorial: 5.6 mi
- Motoichiro Ohgimi Memorial: 5.6 mi
- Het Waterhuis Historic Pioneer Marker: 8.3 mi
- Dr. Asa Goodrich House: 9.1 mi
- The Cappon House: 4.9 mi
- Holland Museum: 5.3 mi
- Kruizenga Art Museum: 5.7 mi
- Saugatuck-Douglas History Museum at Mount Baldhead Park: 7.9 mi
- Roan & Black: 8.1 mi
- De Zwaan Windmill: 6.1 mi
- Windmill Island Gardens: 6.1 mi
- Organ House: 6.1 mi
- 1929 Antique Dutch Carousel: 6.2 mi
- Saugatuck Dune Rides: 6.8 mi
- Spyglass Beach: 0.4 mi
- Macatawa Park Beach: 0.5 mi
- Sunset Bluff Beach: 1.0 mi
- Idlewood Beach: 1.3 mi
- Riley Beach: 3.5 mi
- Saugatuck Center for the Arts Rain Garden: 8.3 mi
- Back-In-Time Garden: 9.1 mi
- Pride Celebration Garden: 9.1 mi
- Early Morning Garden: 19.5 mi
- Gardens Commonway: 19.5 mi
- Baldy: 2.2 mi
- Pelican Peak: 6.2 mi
- Mount Baldhead: 7.9 mi
- Beach Hill: 16.8 mi
- Saugatuck Rest Area 727: 5.4 mi
- Zeeland Rest Area 528: 14.8 mi
- Glenn Rest Area 726: 18.8 mi
- Fruitport Rest Area 502: 22.7 mi
- Singapore: 6.7 mi
- Charleston: 21.1 mi
- Holland Harbor Light: 0.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ottawa Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beach Hill | ESE 121° | 242 m | 16.8 mi |
| Baldy | S 170° | 233 m | 2.2 mi |
| Mount Baldhead | S 179° | 233 m | 7.9 mi |
| Pelican Peak | S 177° | 221 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:20 | 19:57 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:44 | 21:27 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 08:13 | 16:29 | 17:14 |
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 | 24 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Holland WTP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/505668572
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