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Bicentennial Park

Bicentennial Park from directly overhead

Bicentennial Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 201 m. Carlisle Hill stands 280 m to the south, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Jasper Dairy Road Boating Access Site, a park 2.2 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 21 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
201 m

What to expect

Operated by
Royalton Township

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.01716, -86.43457

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks: 24
  • Legacy of Leadership Sculpture: 5.4 mi
  • Wrestlers Sculpture: 5.4 mi
  • Corten Steel Sculpture: 5.4 mi
  • Regeneration Sculpture: 5.5 mi
  • AU Flower Bed: 5.6 mi
Historic sites: 14
Attractions: 12
  • Silver Beach Carousel: 6.9 mi
  • Nature Preserve: 11.2 mi
  • Arboretum: 11.4 mi
  • Hosta Bowl: 11.4 mi
  • The Green: 11.4 mi
Gardens: 9
  • Lilac Garden: 11.3 mi
  • Herb Garden: 11.4 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 11.4 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 11.4 mi
  • Railway Garden: 11.4 mi
Peaks: 8
Beaches: 4
  • Lions Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Weko Beach: 9.3 mi
  • New Buffalo Public Beach: 21.9 mi
  • Pleasant Lake East Beach: 23.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
  • Otahnagon Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
  • Hardwoods: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Watervliet Rest Area: 15.1 mi
  • Michigan Welcome Center 707: 23.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Artesian Flow: 12.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carlisle HillS 187°280.4 m24.3 mi
Mount EdwardSW 233°242 m9.5 mi
Mount RandallSW 228°235 m11.1 mi
Tower HillSW 228°233 m11.5 mi
Pikes PeakSW 228°229 m11.6 mi
Mount FullerSW 228°227 m11.9 mi
Great Warren DuneSW 230°225 m10.1 mi
Thunder MountainNNE 15°213 m17.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5019:2119:58
June solstice06:1120:4321:26
September equinox07:3419:0819:45
December solstice08:1116:3317:18

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262937485968737165534232
Precip in2.51.92.33.83.93.63.33.93.44.43.02.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Benton Harbor AP, 7 mi away.

  • Monarch6 obs
  • eastern poison ivy4 obs
  • staghorn sumac4 obs
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird3 obs
  • Painted Turtle3 obs
  • common milkweed3 obs
  • common pawpaw3 obs
  • purple pitcher plant3 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/1086451475

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