Bay View Park
Bay View Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 179 m. Hickey Hill stands 306 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Hello Alpena, a artwork 0.1 miles away. 128 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.
Waterside Park featuring playground, band shell, tennis courts, basketball courts, walking paths, and breakwall.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 179 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Alpena
How to reach it
128 named places within 25 miles
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Culligan Plaza: 0.3 mi
- South Riverfront Park: 0.3 mi
- Chisholm Street Park: 0.3 mi
- Thomas Stafford Dog Park: 0.4 mi
- Hello Alpena: 0.1 mi
- Welcome to Downtown Alpena: 0.2 mi
- Wave Journey: 0.2 mi
- Two Kids on a Bench: 0.3 mi
- Risk Being Seen in All Your Glory: 0.3 mi
- Grass Island: 1.6 mi
- Alpena Field Office: 5.2 mi
- Misery Bay Nature Preserve: 5.9 mi
- North Point Nature Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Crooked Island: 6.8 mi
- Lady Michigan: 0.6 mi
- Spaceship Simulator: 5.3 mi
- Sanborn Fishing Pier: 9.3 mi
- Bell Village Chimney: 13.3 mi
- Bruski Sinkhole: 16.4 mi
- The Daniel Carter Family: 0.3 mi
- George N. Fletcher Commemorative Marker: 0.3 mi
- St. Bernard Catholic Church: 0.5 mi
- Alpena County Courthouse: 0.8 mi
- Ossineke Veterans Memorial: 10.8 mi
- Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center: 0.7 mi
- Besser Museum: 1.8 mi
- Presque Isle Township Museum: 20.8 mi
- Manning Hill: 13.9 mi
- Hickey Hill: 16.7 mi
- Mount Maria: 21.8 mi
- Starlite Beach: 1.0 mi
- Bebe Beach: 9.1 mi
- Alpena Light: 0.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bay View Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickey Hill | SSW 202° | 306 m | 16.7 mi |
| Mount Maria | SSW 195° | 282 m | 21.8 mi |
| Manning Hill | W 271° | 280 m | 13.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:07 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 20:40 | 21:25 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:10 | 16:06 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 21 | 29 | 40 | 52 | 62 | 68 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alpena Wwtp, under a mile away.
- Great Egret94 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel86 obs
- Double-crested Cormorant86 obs
- American Herring Gull63 obs
- Ring-billed Gull58 obs
- Monarch33 obs
- Mallard32 obs
- Canada Goose29 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/468456616
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