Coast Guard Park
Coast Guard Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. Baldy stands 233 m to the south, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Day-use Trailhead, a attraction 0.3 miles away.
A Coast Guard rifle range until 1973, this park offers baseball and soccer fields, basketball courts, tennis courts, a picnic shelter, a play area, restrooms, grills and picnic tables, and serves as a trail head for the North Ottawa Dunes Park.
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Day-use Trailhead: 0.3 mi
- Camp Trailhead: 0.6 mi
- Camp Information Kiosk: 0.6 mi
- Idema Explorers Camp: 0.7 mi
- Pere Marquette Railroad Locomotive 1223: 1.3 mi
- Ottawa Sands County Park: 0.4 mi
- Mike Herman Memorial Field: 0.5 mi
- North Ottawa Dunes County Park: 0.5 mi
- North Beach Park: 0.7 mi
- North Beach Park: 0.7 mi
- Ferrysburg Nature Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Kitchel Lindquist Dunes Preserve: 1.5 mi
- DePersia South Highlands Nature Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Minnie Skwarek Nature Preserve: 4.4 mi
- Rosy Mound Natural Area: 4.5 mi
- Sails: 1.5 mi
- North Bank Trail—Nunica Junction—Trailhead Train: 8.8 mi
- Transitional Link: 19.8 mi
- Uniting Sun: 20.9 mi
- The Protector: 21.4 mi
- Coast Guard Cutters on the Great Lakes: 1.8 mi
- Shipwrecks and the Coast Guard: 1.8 mi
- To The Enlisted Men of the United States Coast Guard: 1.8 mi
- In Memory of the Coast Guard Men and Women: 1.8 mi
- Eternal Flame: 1.8 mi
- Tri-Cities Historical Museum: 1.6 mi
- Midwest Miniatures Museum: 1.8 mi
- Gillette Visitor Center: 2.8 mi
- Community Archive and Research Center: 4.4 mi
- James Jackson Museum of African American History: 8.0 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 2.8 mi
- Harbour Towne Beach: 10.8 mi
- Sunset Beach: 13.6 mi
- Riley Beach: 18.0 mi
- Duck Lake State Park Beach: 19.4 mi
- Headwaters: 22.2 mi
- Marl Springs: 22.7 mi
- Shrew Springs: 23.2 mi
- Eagle Springs: 23.9 mi
- Fruitport Rest Area 502: 7.2 mi
- Muskegon Rest Area 501: 18.5 mi
- Zeeland Rest Area 528: 24.0 mi
- Fairchild Park: 10.6 mi
- The Pines: 10.7 mi
- Leader's Patio: 24.2 mi
- Charleston: 16.4 mi
- Holland Harbor Light: 21.7 mi
- Baldy: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Coast Guard Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldy | S 175° | 233 m | 23.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:20 | 19:57 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:45 | 21:29 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 08:14 | 16:27 | 17:14 |
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 | 26 | 26 | 34 | 45 | 57 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grand Haven Wwtp, 3 mi away.
- Mallard48 obs
- common milkweed38 obs
- Monarch37 obs
- spotted horsemint37 obs
- White-tailed Deer33 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird32 obs
- Bald Eagle31 obs
- Song Sparrow29 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/469597729
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