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The Kerns Hotel Fire/The Box 23 Club

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The Kerns Hotel Fire/The Box 23 Club is a historic site in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 254 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Wentworth Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

1934 fire in Lansing, Michigan, U.S.

Wikidata Q6394232, matched on coordinates and name (32 m apart).

What the record says

Built
1987

How to reach it

Coordinates42.73412, -84.55041

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Wentworth Park: 0.0 mi
  • Rotary Park: 0.1 mi
  • The Darryl J. Parsell Memorial Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Kalamazoo Plaza: 0.3 mi
  • Reutter Park: 0.4 mi
Artworks
  • Let Me In: 0.0 mi
  • Portrait of a Dreamer: 0.1 mi
  • Sundance: 0.2 mi
  • Inspiration: 0.2 mi
  • Austin Blair, War Governor of Michigan: 0.2 mi
Nature reserves: 44
Historic sites: 42
Gardens: 25
Museums: 21
Attractions: 8
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Area 6: 2.2 mi
  • Picnic Area 5: 2.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 2.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 2.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 2.4 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 6.3 mi
  • Okemos Rest Area 811: 8.3 mi
  • Grand Ledge Rest Area 825: 9.5 mi
  • Potterville Rest Area 829: 10.8 mi
  • DeWitt Rest Area 831: 11.5 mi
Peaks: 5
Beaches: 4
  • Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 16.1 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 16.2 mi
  • Bitcoin Beach North: 16.2 mi
  • Clinton Lakes Dog Beach: 22.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Kerns Hotel Fire/The Box 23 Club. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Teaspoon HillSSE320 m18.4 mi
Holibaugh HillsSSW296 m23.1 mi
Mount NethawayENE267 m22.2 mi
Hog IslandENE259 m23.4 mi
Bradshaw HillNNE238 m23.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1319:51
June solstice06:0120:3821:21
September equinox07:2619:0019:37
December solstice08:0616:2217:08

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475868727063514030
Precip in2.11.72.13.33.73.82.93.52.83.22.51.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lansing Capital City AP, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12544327405

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