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Douglas Beach Park

Douglas Beach Park from directly overhead

Douglas Beach Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 179 m. Beach Hill stands 242 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Douglas Beach, a beach 0.1 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
179 m

What to expect

Operated by
City of Douglas

How to reach it

Coordinates42.64440, -86.22608

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Union Street Launching Site: 1.2 mi
  • Cook Park: 1.3 mi
  • Jones Park: 1.3 mi
  • Beery Field: 1.3 mi
  • Coghlin Park: 1.4 mi
Artworks: 33
Museums: 17
Beaches: 14
  • Douglas Beach: 0.1 mi
  • Oval Beach: 1.4 mi
  • Ridgewood Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Macatawa Park Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Ottawa Beach: 9.1 mi
Historic sites: 11
Attractions: 10
Gardens: 6
Peaks: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Saugatuck Rest Area 727: 5.1 mi
  • Glenn Rest Area 726: 9.8 mi
  • Zeeland Rest Area 528: 19.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beach HillE 89°242 m15.1 mi
Mount BaldheadNE 36°233 m1.5 mi
BaldyN 10°233 m7.0 mi
Pelican PeakNNE 22°221 m3.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2019:57
June solstice06:0820:4421:27
September equinox07:3319:0719:44
December solstice08:1316:2917:15

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262736475868727063524132
Precip in1.91.82.13.53.83.42.83.13.04.23.22.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Holland Tulip City AP, 10 mi away.

  • Ring-billed Gull83 obs
  • White-tailed Deer67 obs
  • Mallard32 obs
  • Common Raccoon24 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel22 obs
  • common milkweed21 obs
  • American Crow19 obs
  • American Toad17 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/1040626827

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