Fairmount Dog Park
Fairmount Dog Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 281 m. Baird Hill stands 294 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is West Douglas Neighborhood Park, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Kalamazoo
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Scheid Township Park: 0.5 mi
- Henderson Park: 0.7 mi
- La Crone Park: 0.7 mi
- Henderson Tot Lot: 0.7 mi
- Tyler Little Tedrow Garden: 0.8 mi
- West Douglas Neighborhood Park: 0.2 mi
- Bow in the Clouds Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Mildred Harris Sanctuary: 5.1 mi
- Schellenberg Woods: 5.2 mi
- KEKA Preserve: 5.6 mi
- South Street: 1.4 mi
- Kalamazoo Mall: 1.5 mi
- Nature's Playground: 4.5 mi
- Celery Flats Interpretive Center: 6.4 mi
- Year Round Golf: 11.8 mi
- Kalamazoo Valley Museum: 1.3 mi
- Kalamazoo Valley Community College Center for New Media Art Museum: 1.4 mi
- Air Zoo: 5.7 mi
- Flight Innovation Center: 5.7 mi
- Otsego Area Historical Society: 12.0 mi
- Western Michigan University Seal: 1.3 mi
- Untitled: 1.3 mi
- The Committee: 1.4 mi
- Oranges: 1.4 mi
- The Professor: 1.4 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr.: 1.2 mi
- Western W: 1.4 mi
- Burdick Street: 1.4 mi
- Art Deco: 1.4 mi
- The Upjohn Company: 1.4 mi
- Prospect Hill: 16.0 mi
- The Hogback: 16.2 mi
- Baird Hill: 21.2 mi
- Graves Hill: 23.0 mi
- Bell's Beer Garden: 1.5 mi
- God's Garden: 9.2 mi
- Community Garden: 22.2 mi
- Alamo Rest Area 709: 4.5 mi
- Galesburg Rest Area: 8.7 mi
- Battle Creek Rest Area: 20.0 mi
- Willard Beach: 20.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fairmount Dog Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baird Hill | NNE 17° | 294 m | 21.2 mi |
| The Hogback | NE 42° | 282 m | 16.2 mi |
| Graves Hill | NNE 16° | 280 m | 23.0 mi |
| Prospect Hill | WSW 244° | 244 m | 16.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:18 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:41 | 21:23 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 08:09 | 16:28 | 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 | 25 | 27 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 52 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kalamazoo Battle Creek Intl AP, 6 mi away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee212 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel185 obs
- Western Honey Bee171 obs
- common milkweed118 obs
- American Robin117 obs
- Canada Goose110 obs
- eastern white pine108 obs
- Mallard102 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/1177645418
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