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Cook Park

Cook Park from directly overhead

Cook Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 290 m. Dixon Hall stands 332 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Alcott Park, a park 0.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 157 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
290 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.28190, -84.96896

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Alcott Park: 0.2 mi
  • Garvin Property: 0.4 mi
  • Sherman Park: 0.6 mi
  • Brooks Memorial Fountain Park: 0.7 mi
  • Glen Carver Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
Attractions: 28
  • Full Blast: 11.4 mi
  • 2nd Stream: 17.9 mi
  • Harmonia: 18.0 mi
  • 1st Stream: 18.0 mi
  • Switchback: 18.0 mi
Museums: 17
  • Honolulu House: 0.7 mi
  • American Museum of Magic: 0.9 mi
  • Brueckner Museum: 8.8 mi
  • Kimball House Museum: 10.9 mi
  • Gardner House Museum: 11.4 mi
Artworks: 7
  • Sojourner Truth Memorial: 11.0 mi
  • Friendship Park Stone Marker: 11.2 mi
  • The Creek: 11.2 mi
  • Compass Pole Monument: 11.5 mi
  • Wind-Driven Rotating Mobile: 11.5 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Marshall Rest Area: 2.8 mi
  • Turkeyville Rest Area 722: 3.4 mi
  • Battle Creek Rest Area: 12.9 mi
  • Galesburg Rest Area: 24.2 mi
  • Sandstone Rest Area 819: 24.4 mi
Peaks: 4
Gardens: 2
Historic sites: 2
Springs: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Willard Beach: 12.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dixon HallSSW 197°332 m12.5 mi
Jerusalem HillsENE 60°297 m14.7 mi
Holibaugh HillsENE 58°296 m17.2 mi
Stony Point HillS 191°286 m13.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:1519:52
June solstice06:0420:3821:21
September equinox07:2819:0219:39
December solstice08:0616:2617:11

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242636485969737164524030
Precip in1.61.21.72.93.73.43.43.43.23.62.11.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Battle Creek Kellogg AP, 14 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee16 obs
  • White-tailed Deer15 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel15 obs
  • Northern Cardinal11 obs
  • Spiny Softshell10 obs
  • chicory8 obs
  • Turkey Vulture7 obs
  • Monarch7 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/628849681

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