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Coal Miners' Park

Coal Miners' Park from directly overhead

Coal Miners' Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 184 m. Bradshaw Hill stands 238 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Waterfowl Park, a park 0.5 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 81 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Village of St. Charles

How to reach it

Coordinates43.30651, -84.14550

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums: 30
Gardens: 18
  • Saginaw Art Museum Garden: 12.6 mi
  • Rose Garden: 21.0 mi
  • Jan Nash Memorial Garden: 21.3 mi
  • Secret Garden: 22.3 mi
  • Herb Garden: 22.3 mi
Historic sites: 10
Artworks: 9
  • Dolphan Statue: 14.7 mi
  • Leaping Gazelle Fountain: 17.0 mi
  • I LOVE SVSU: 17.1 mi
  • Annual Ring: 17.2 mi
  • Dr Drake Statue: 18.1 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Wildlife Blind: 11.1 mi
  • Wildlife Blind: 11.2 mi
  • Boardwalk: 11.3 mi
  • Silent Night Chapel: 20.6 mi
  • Rope Swing: 21.8 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • Bay City Rest Area 605: 18.4 mi
  • Clio Rest Area 612: 21.6 mi
  • Ithaca Rest Area 632: 23.1 mi
Peaks: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bradshaw HillSW 217°238 m21.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1119:49
June solstice05:5720:3821:21
September equinox07:2418:5819:36
December solstice08:0616:1817:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534465868727163513929
Precip in2.21.92.03.63.63.53.43.52.72.92.62.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saginaw #3, 12 mi away.

  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander84 obs
  • Eastern Foxsnake33 obs
  • Common Garter Snake31 obs
  • American Toad26 obs
  • Wood Frog26 obs
  • White-tailed Deer23 obs
  • Spring Peeper20 obs
  • Green Frog20 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/776614539

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