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Dr. T.K. Lawless Park

Dr. T.K. Lawless Park from directly overhead

Dr. T.K. Lawless Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 284 m. Bald Hill stands 334 m to the north-northeast, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Donnell Lake Boating Access Site, a park 2.2 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 16 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
284 m

What to expect

Operated by
Cass County
Fee
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.89898, -85.85630

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Donnell Lake Boating Access Site: 2.2 mi
  • Driskels Lake Boating Access Site: 2.9 mi
  • Paradise Lake Boating Access Site: 3.2 mi
  • Napolean Fields Park: 3.3 mi
  • Milo Barnes Park: 3.4 mi
Museums: 29
Artworks: 27
Gardens: 17
Historic sites: 13
  • Sinclair Service Station: 8.1 mi
  • Wahbememe Historical Monument: 12.2 mi
  • Time Capsule 2027: 15.5 mi
  • Havilah Beardsley Monument: 15.6 mi
  • Elkhart Police&Fire Department Memorial: 15.8 mi
Picnic sites: 9
Peaks: 4
Attractions: 3
  • Confluence of The Little Elkhart and St. Joseph Rivers: 15.5 mi
  • Leo J. Burch Park: 18.8 mi
  • Year Round Golf: 19.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area Trucks Only: 14.3 mi
  • Builders Association-Elkhart,: 18.1 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Pleasant Lake East Beach: 13.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dr. T.K. Lawless Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillNNE 24°334 m3.9 mi
Mount MiseryNE 47°317 m5.6 mi
Mt. PumpkinS 169°287 m19.8 mi
Prospect HillN 355°244 m20.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4819:1919:56
June solstice06:0920:4121:23
September equinox07:3119:0619:43
December solstice08:0916:3117:16

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475968717063513929
Precip in2.82.12.33.44.44.14.03.93.63.73.02.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Three Rivers, 11 mi away.

  • round-lobed hepatica14 obs
  • American beech10 obs
  • American cancer-root10 obs
  • wild geranium9 obs
  • mapleleaf viburnum9 obs
  • Christmas fern8 obs
  • sassafras8 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage7 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/1040572653

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