Weko Beach Recreational Area
Weko Beach Recreational Area is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 204 m. Carlisle Hill stands 280 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Weko Beach, a beach 0.1 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 17 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 204 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Bridgman
How to reach it
- 16.6 mi off the The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Lake Township Park: 2.3 mi
- Baroda Village Park: 4.8 mi
- Harbert Community Park: 5.1 mi
- North Lake Park: 5.3 mi
- Township Park: 5.8 mi
- Tower Hill Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Jens Jensen Preserve (COL): 4.6 mi
- Pepperidge Dunes Nature Sanctuary: 4.7 mi
- Harbert Road Preserve: 5.2 mi
- The Woods: 5.6 mi
- Silver Beach Carousel: 12.7 mi
- Nature Preserve: 13.0 mi
- Hosta Bowl: 13.1 mi
- Moore Woodlot: 13.1 mi
- The Green: 13.1 mi
- 'First Church Camp' Ruins: 0.9 mi
- First Church Camp: 0.9 mi
- First Church Camp (water tank): 1.0 mi
- Eleven Inch Dahlgren: 12.6 mi
- Fort Miami: 12.8 mi
- Wilkinson Village Heritage Museum: 9.7 mi
- Three Oaks Bicycle Museum: 9.8 mi
- The Region of Three Oaks Museum: 9.8 mi
- Three Oaks Township Library and Museum: 9.8 mi
- Horn Archeological Institute and Museum: 11.6 mi
- Legacy of Leadership Sculpture: 11.5 mi
- The Globe: 11.5 mi
- Corten Steel Sculpture: 11.6 mi
- Wrestlers Sculpture: 11.6 mi
- AU Flower Bed: 11.7 mi
- Mount Edward: 0.5 mi
- Great Warren Dune: 1.3 mi
- Mount Randall: 2.3 mi
- Tower Hill: 2.7 mi
- Pikes Peak: 2.8 mi
- Three Oaks Community Garden: 9.8 mi
- Lilac Garden: 13.0 mi
- Japanese Garden: 13.1 mi
- Memorial Garden: 13.1 mi
- Railway Garden: 13.1 mi
- Weko Beach: 0.1 mi
- Lions Beach: 12.0 mi
- New Buffalo Public Beach: 12.9 mi
- Stop 7 Beach: 21.2 mi
- Stop 2 Beach: 21.6 mi
- North Pierhead Light: 12.9 mi
- St. Joseph North Pier Lighthouse: 12.9 mi
- Michigan City East Pierhead Light: 22.5 mi
- Breakwater Light: 22.5 mi
- Old Lighthouse Museum: 22.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
- Otahnagon Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Hardwoods: 19.5 mi
- Michigan Welcome Center 707: 14.7 mi
- Indiana Welcome Center: 17.9 mi
- Watervliet Rest Area: 24.1 mi
- Artesian Flow: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Weko Beach Recreational Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlisle Hill | SSE 167° | 280.4 m | 19.4 mi |
| Mount Edward | S 182° | 242 m | 0.5 mi |
| Mount Randall | SSW 196° | 235 m | 2.3 mi |
| Tower Hill | SSW 201° | 233 m | 2.7 mi |
| Pikes Peak | SSW 204° | 229 m | 2.8 mi |
| Mount Fuller | SSW 207° | 227 m | 3.0 mi |
| Great Warren Dune | S 190° | 225 m | 1.3 mi |
| Thunder Mountain | NNE 29° | 213 m | 24.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:51 | 19:22 | 19:59 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:44 | 21:26 |
| September equinox | 07:34 | 19:09 | 19:45 |
| December solstice | 08:12 | 16:34 | 17:19 |
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 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Benton Harbor AP, 15 mi away.
- common pawpaw36 obs
- flowering spurge27 obs
- large white trillium24 obs
- mapleleaf viburnum24 obs
- hairy puccoon24 obs
- common hoptree21 obs
- American tuliptree21 obs
- common soapwort21 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1086448608
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