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Bob King Park

Bob King Park from directly overhead

Bob King Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 264 m. Dias Hill stands 311 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Tyden Park, a park 0.6 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
264 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.66017, -85.28937

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions: 45
  • Barber Shop: 5.1 mi
  • Hastings Township Halls: 5.1 mi
  • Lee School: 5.1 mi
  • Sixberry House: 5.1 mi
  • Blacksmith Shop: 5.1 mi
Museums: 18
Historic sites: 11
Artworks: 8
Peaks: 4
Gardens: 4
  • Middleville Community Gardens: 10.2 mi
  • Community Garden: 23.2 mi
  • Stargazer Gardens: 23.3 mi
  • Memorial Tree Garden: 24.4 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Fishing Beach: 9.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Saranac Rest Area 532: 16.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dias HillWNW 297°311 m20.6 mi
Baird HillWSW 246°294 m11.0 mi
The HogbackSSW 203°282 m13.7 mi
Graves HillWSW 255°280 m10.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:1619:53
June solstice06:0420:4021:23
September equinox07:2919:0319:40
December solstice08:0916:2517:11

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534455767716962503929
Precip in2.62.12.53.84.44.23.43.83.34.02.92.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hastings, 1 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee18 obs
  • Spongy Moth11 obs
  • box elder10 obs
  • great blue lobelia10 obs
  • Baltimore Oriole9 obs
  • Rainbow Darter9 obs
  • Spotted Grass Moth9 obs
  • Two-banded Petrophila9 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/196878267

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