Ada Covered Bridge

Ada Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 189 m. Dias Hill stands 311 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Leonard Field, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Ada Covered Bridge is a 125-foot (38 m) span Brown truss covered bridge erected in 1867 in Ada, Michigan, United States. Carrying Bronson Street across the Thornapple River, it is located just south of where the Thornapple enters the Grand River, in turn just south of M-21. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Wikidata Q4678239, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Leonard Field: 0.0 mi
- Legacy Park: 0.1 mi
- Ada Boating Access Site: 0.5 mi
- Lions Park: 0.6 mi
- Grand River Fulton Street Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Leaping Gazelle Fountain: 5.3 mi
- The Tribute: 5.3 mi
- Four Open Squares Horizontal Gyratory-Tapered: 5.3 mi
- Bent of Mind: 5.3 mi
- Mad Mom: 5.3 mi
- Cascade Township Museum: 2.8 mi
- Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park: 5.3 mi
- Cannon Township Historical Museum: 7.1 mi
- Lowell Area Historical Museum: 7.4 mi
- Meyer May House: 8.7 mi
- Carl Creek Wetlands Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Buiten Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.7 mi
- Knapp Corner Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Wege Foundation Natural Area: 5.7 mi
- Cooper Woodland Presesrve: 6.1 mi
- Sang Yoon: 5.8 mi
- The Castle: 8.6 mi
- The Hiker: 8.8 mi
- Bust of A. Lincoln: 9.0 mi
- Kent County Civil War Monument: 9.2 mi
- Stargazer Gardens: 0.9 mi
- Heirloom Vegetable Patch: 5.2 mi
- Heirloom Vegetable Patch: 5.2 mi
- Bonsai Garden: 5.4 mi
- Zen-Style Garden: 5.4 mi
- Pine Plantation: 5.5 mi
- Mixed Oak Forest: 5.8 mi
- Sawtooth Drop: 11.9 mi
- Hilltop Stop: 12.1 mi
- Wynalda Flow Trails Hub: 12.1 mi
- Buena Vista Hill: 7.3 mi
- Dias Hill: 13.6 mi
- Bettes Tower Hill: 18.9 mi
- Cheney Hills: 20.5 mi
- Graves Hill: 22.9 mi
- Rockford Rest Area 525: 13.9 mi
- Saranac Rest Area 532: 17.3 mi
- Zeeland Rest Area 528: 24.0 mi
- Millennium Park Beach: 13.4 mi
- Fishing Beach: 16.8 mi
- Fallasburg Covered Bridge: 8.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
- Charleston: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ada Covered Bridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dias Hill | SW 218° | 311 m | 13.6 mi |
| Baird Hill | S 180° | 294 m | 24.7 mi |
| Cheney Hills | N 358° | 291 m | 20.5 mi |
| Graves Hill | S 180° | 280 m | 22.9 mi |
| Bettes Tower Hill | NW 318° | 260 m | 18.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:17 | 19:54 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:42 | 21:25 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 08:11 | 16:25 | 17:11 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grand Rapids, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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