Calvin Ecosystem Preserve
Calvin Ecosystem Preserve is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 238 m. Dias Hill stands 311 m to the south-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Buiten Wildlife Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Ecosystem Preserve on land owned by Calvin College. Open to the public from dawn until dusk. Includes trails and ponds. Bikes, dogs, and running not allowed.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- The Cheese: 0.5 mi
- Bent of Mind: 3.2 mi
- Leaping Gazelle Fountain: 3.2 mi
- Sleepwalker: 3.2 mi
- Galileo’s Wedge: 3.2 mi
- Camelot Park: 0.8 mi
- John H. Bonnell Park: 0.8 mi
- Northeast Park: 1.4 mi
- Forest Hills Park: 1.6 mi
- Manhattan Park: 1.6 mi
- Buiten Wildlife Sanctuary: 0.2 mi
- Carl Creek Wetlands Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Paris Park: 5.2 mi
- Knapp Corner Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Veterans Nature Trail: 7.0 mi
- Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park: 3.2 mi
- Meyer May House: 4.3 mi
- Cascade Township Museum: 4.4 mi
- Caulkins Law Office: 4.7 mi
- Grand Rapids Children's Museum: 4.9 mi
- Sang Yoon: 3.3 mi
- The Castle: 4.3 mi
- The Hiker: 4.5 mi
- Bust of A. Lincoln: 4.7 mi
- Kent County Civil War Monument: 4.9 mi
- Heirloom Vegetable Patch: 3.4 mi
- Heirloom Vegetable Patch: 3.4 mi
- Bonsai Garden: 3.4 mi
- Zen-Style Garden: 3.4 mi
- Alger Heights Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- Pine Plantation: 10.4 mi
- Mixed Oak Forest: 10.6 mi
- Boynton's Landing: 11.2 mi
- Sawtooth Drop: 12.1 mi
- Hilltop Stop: 12.2 mi
- Buena Vista Hill: 8.2 mi
- Dias Hill: 10.1 mi
- Bettes Tower Hill: 17.3 mi
- Graves Hill: 22.1 mi
- Cheney Hills: 22.2 mi
- Rockford Rest Area 525: 14.3 mi
- Zeeland Rest Area 528: 19.2 mi
- Saranac Rest Area 532: 21.6 mi
- Ada Covered Bridge: 4.9 mi
- Fallasburg Covered Bridge: 13.2 mi
- Millennium Park Beach: 8.7 mi
- Fishing Beach: 16.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Charleston: 18.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Calvin Ecosystem Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dias Hill | SSW 201° | 311 m | 10.1 mi |
| Baird Hill | SSE 168° | 294 m | 23.8 mi |
| Cheney Hills | N 10° | 291 m | 22.2 mi |
| Graves Hill | SSE 167° | 280 m | 22.1 mi |
| Bettes Tower Hill | NNW 333° | 260 m | 17.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:17 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:42 | 21:25 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 08:11 | 16:25 | 17:11 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Grand Rapids, 2 mi away.
- Painted Turtle77 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee66 obs
- Green Frog64 obs
- yellow trout lily52 obs
- Common Snapping Turtle49 obs
- buttonbush49 obs
- crown-tipped coral fungus48 obs
- common buckthorn47 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/547239773
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