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Chief Hazy Cloud Park

Chief Hazy Cloud Park from directly overhead

Chief Hazy Cloud Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 204 m. Dias Hill stands 311 m to the south-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Stargazer Gardens, a garden 0.8 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
204 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.96979, -85.49689

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Carl Creek Crossings Preserve: 1.0 mi
  • Legacy Park: 1.2 mi
  • Leonard Field: 1.3 mi
  • Ada Boating Access Site: 1.4 mi
  • Grand River Fulton Street Preserve: 1.6 mi
Artworks
  • Leaping Gazelle Fountain: 4.4 mi
  • Four Open Squares Horizontal Gyratory-Tapered: 4.4 mi
  • The Tribute: 4.5 mi
  • Mad Mom: 4.5 mi
  • Bent of Mind: 4.5 mi
Museums: 26
Nature reserves: 24
Historic sites: 19
Gardens: 13
  • Stargazer Gardens: 0.8 mi
  • Heirloom Vegetable Patch: 4.4 mi
  • Heirloom Vegetable Patch: 4.4 mi
  • Bonsai Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Zen-Style Garden: 4.5 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Pine Plantation: 6.1 mi
  • Mixed Oak Forest: 6.3 mi
  • Sawtooth Drop: 10.6 mi
  • Hilltop Stop: 10.8 mi
  • Wynalda Flow Trails Hub: 10.8 mi
Peaks: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Rockford Rest Area 525: 12.6 mi
  • Saranac Rest Area 532: 18.2 mi
  • Zeeland Rest Area 528: 24.0 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Millennium Park Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Fishing Beach: 18.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dias HillSSW 213°311 m14.3 mi
Cheney HillsN 359°291 m19.3 mi
Graves HillS 178°280 m24.1 mi
Bettes Tower HillNW 317°260 m17.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:1719:54
June solstice06:0420:4221:25
September equinox07:3019:0419:41
December solstice08:1116:2517:11

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252736485969737164524030
Precip in2.52.12.44.04.03.93.93.63.44.03.12.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grand Rapids, 6 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee52 obs
  • mayapple44 obs
  • multiflora rose33 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty32 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage31 obs
  • dame's rocket30 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit24 obs
  • White-tailed Deer23 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/533015661

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