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Firehouse Park

Firehouse Park from directly overhead

Firehouse Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 211 m. Carlisle Hill stands 280 m to the south-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is flower walk, a garden 0.1 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 7.6 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
211 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.82476, -86.36088

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves: 58
Artworks: 31
  • Hybrid Form, Number 2: 5.3 mi
  • The Globe: 9.2 mi
  • AU Flower Bed: 9.4 mi
  • Legacy of Leadership Sculpture: 9.5 mi
  • Regeneration Sculpture: 9.5 mi
Historic sites: 18
Gardens: 17
  • flower walk: 0.1 mi
  • Butterfly Larva Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Nature Adventure Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Railway Garden: 2.9 mi
Attractions: 12
  • South Vista: 2.9 mi
  • Bauer Terrace: 2.9 mi
  • Moore Woodlot: 2.9 mi
  • The Green: 2.9 mi
  • Hosta Bowl: 2.9 mi
Peaks: 9
Beaches: 5
  • Weko Beach: 14.0 mi
  • Pleasant Lake East Beach: 14.3 mi
  • New Buffalo Public Beach: 20.0 mi
  • Lions Beach: 20.3 mi
  • Stone Lake Beach: 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Otahnagon Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
  • Hardwoods: 13.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
  • Orchard Shore Shelters Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Michigan Welcome Center 707: 20.1 mi
  • Indiana Welcome Center: 23.1 mi
  • Builders Association-Elkhart,: 24.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • Artesian Flow: 23.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carlisle HillSSW 212°280.4 m12.8 mi
Vargo HillS 177°270 m18.2 mi
Reeves HillS 179°264 m17.6 mi
Mount EdwardWNW 304°242 m13.6 mi
Mount RandallWNW 296°235 m13.3 mi
Tower HillWNW 294°233 m13.5 mi
Pikes PeakWNW 294°229 m13.6 mi
Mount FullerWNW 293°227 m13.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5019:2119:58
June solstice06:1120:4221:25
September equinox07:3419:0819:45
December solstice08:1016:3317:18

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262938496069727164534131
Precip in3.02.32.53.74.24.03.74.43.54.43.02.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Niles, 5 mi away.

  • velvetleaf9 obs
  • Ebony Jewelwing8 obs
  • Spongy Moth7 obs
  • butterfly milkweed6 obs
  • American pokeweed6 obs
  • cut-leaved toothwort6 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty6 obs
  • Mallard5 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/639882693

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