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Battjes Park

Battjes Park from directly overhead

Battjes Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 184 m. Dias Hill stands 311 m to the south-southeast, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Marquette Park, a park 0.9 miles away. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.93079, -85.71135

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • ArtPost Grand Valley State University (GVSU) Seidman Campus: 2.7 mi
  • Rapid Central Bike Parking: 2.7 mi
  • ArtPost Grand Valley State University (GVSU) Pew Campus: 2.8 mi
  • Noahquageshik: 2.9 mi
  • ArtPost Verne Barry Place: 3.0 mi
Nature reserves: 39
Museums: 24
Historic sites: 21
Attractions: 16
  • Boynton's Landing: 4.5 mi
  • Hilltop Stop: 13.7 mi
  • Boulder Jump: 13.7 mi
  • Sawtooth Drop: 13.8 mi
  • Wynalda Flow Trails Hub: 14.1 mi
Gardens: 13
Peaks: 6
Rest areas: 3
  • Zeeland Rest Area 528: 13.2 mi
  • Rockford Rest Area 525: 15.6 mi
  • Fruitport Rest Area 502: 22.5 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Millennium Park Beach: 2.0 mi
  • Fishing Beach: 19.8 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Battjes Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dias HillSSE 161°311 m9.8 mi
Cheney HillsNNE 26°291 m24.4 mi
Graves HillSSE 151°280 m24.3 mi
Bettes Tower HillN 356°260 m15.7 mi
Beach HillSSW 210°242 m22.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:1819:55
June solstice06:0520:4321:26
September equinox07:3119:0519:42
December solstice08:1116:2617:12

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465867716962503929
Precip in2.72.12.64.14.44.03.33.13.53.73.32.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Grand Rapids, 5 mi away.

  • Brown-lipped Snail59 obs
  • Mute Swan39 obs
  • dame's rocket32 obs
  • Canada Goose31 obs
  • Painted Turtle28 obs
  • bird's-foot trefoil28 obs
  • purple loosestrife27 obs
  • Monarch26 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/158959502

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