Park · Michigan
Charles Mears State Park
Charles Mears State Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 182 m. The nearest named place is Channel Lane Park, a park 0.2 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 182 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates43.78349, -86.43833
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Channel Lane Park: 0.2 mi
- Village Green and Gazebo: 0.4 mi
- Pentwater Sporting Park: 0.5 mi
- Park Street Rush Street Park: 0.5 mi
- Watertower Green: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves: 34
- Dumaw Woodland Nature Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Baker Island: 7.3 mi
- Inman Road Property: 9.2 mi
- Stony Creek Nature Preserve: 12.9 mi
- Otto Nature Preserve: 13.0 mi
Attractions: 10
- Silver Lake State Park ORV Scramble Area: 7.4 mi
- Mac Wood's Dune Rides: 9.4 mi
- Pedal Karts: 15.7 mi
- Pork Chop Downs: 15.7 mi
- Hillbilly Giant Slide: 15.7 mi
Museums: 6
- Chadwick Munger House: 6.9 mi
- Historic White Pine Village: 10.0 mi
- Port of Ludington Maritime Museum: 11.8 mi
- Sandcastles Children's Museum: 11.9 mi
- Epworth Assembly: 13.4 mi
Artworks: 6
- Ludington's Lumbering Era: 11.7 mi
- Follow the Leader: 11.7 mi
- Reflections: 11.7 mi
- Flights of Learning Sculpture: 11.9 mi
- Making Memories: 12.0 mi
Historic sites: 5
- Oceana County Veterans Monument: 6.6 mi
- Notipekago: 15.2 mi
- Kinji Shrine: 15.9 mi
- The Monument: 15.9 mi
- Owasippe's Grave: 24.9 mi
Peaks: 5
- Sunset Hill: 7.2 mi
- Test Hill: 7.3 mi
- Vesper Dune: 16.0 mi
- Chapel Dune: 16.1 mi
- Darer Dune: 16.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Ludington Rest Area 328: 6.0 mi
- Hart Rest Area 530: 9.3 mi
- Rothbury Rest Area 529: 21.1 mi
Beaches: 3
- Dunes Waterfront Beach: 8.4 mi
- The First Curve: 14.7 mi
- Hamlin Lake beach: 17.6 mi
Lighthouses: 2
- North Breakwater Light: 11.9 mi
- Big Sable Point Lighthouse: 19.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Beanville: 11.1 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:50 | 19:20 | 19:58 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 20:48 | 21:32 |
| September equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:45 |
| December solstice | 08:17 | 16:25 | 17:12 |
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 | 23 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 55 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hart 3 WSW, 8 mi away.
- Mallard9 obs
- Ring-billed Gull7 obs
- Long-tailed Duck7 obs
- Red-headed Woodpecker7 obs
- Monarch7 obs
- Blue Jay6 obs
- Milkweed Tussock Moth6 obs
- Mourning Dove5 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.
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