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Central Park

Central Park from directly overhead

Central Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 258 m. Bald Hill stands 334 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Liberty Park, a park 0.1 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
City of Portage Parks and Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.20436, -85.59157

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions: 33
Artworks: 14
Historic sites: 12
Gardens: 6
  • God's Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Bell's Beer Garden: 6.3 mi
  • People's Plot: 18.8 mi
  • People's Plot: 18.8 mi
  • Mushroom garden: 18.9 mi
Peaks: 5
Rest areas: 3
Beaches: 1
  • Willard Beach: 20.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillSW 214°334 m21.2 mi
Mount MiserySSW 209°317 m19.7 mi
Colon MountainSSE 148°287 m21.2 mi
The HogbackNNE 28°282 m21.4 mi
Prospect HillW 269°244 m15.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:1819:55
June solstice06:0720:4021:23
September equinox07:3019:0519:41
December solstice08:0916:2917:14

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252737496069737163524030
Precip in1.71.32.03.13.73.23.43.73.33.72.51.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kalamazoo Battle Creek Intl AP, 3 mi away.

  • swamp loosestrife78 obs
  • White-tailed Deer77 obs
  • Green Frog68 obs
  • dame's rocket67 obs
  • pickerelweed67 obs
  • buttonbush60 obs
  • round-leaved sundew58 obs
  • common motherwort53 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/529348001

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