First Ward Park
First Ward Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 243 m. Dias Hill stands 311 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Thornapple Plaza, a park 0.2 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Thornapple Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Tyden Park: 0.4 mi
- Bob King Park: 0.6 mi
- Second Ward Park: 0.7 mi
- Bliss Riverfront Park: 1.0 mi
- Hastings Township Halls: 4.5 mi
- Lee School: 4.5 mi
- Barber Shop: 4.5 mi
- Sixberry House: 4.5 mi
- Blacksmith Shop: 4.5 mi
- Leach Lake Public Access: 2.7 mi
- Edger Waterfowl Production Area: 5.2 mi
- Heath Road Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Gertrude McPharlin Bauer Nature Sanctuary: 6.7 mi
- Hidden Pond Preserve: 7.9 mi
- Historic Bowens Mills: 11.8 mi
- Ionia County Genealogical Society: 12.0 mi
- Pere Marquette Train Depot: 12.0 mi
- The Freight House: 12.0 mi
- Bernard Historical Museum: 12.7 mi
- Union Monument: 0.4 mi
- Dolan Memorial: 9.3 mi
- Gavin Hill Marker: 10.1 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 10.2 mi
- Orangeville Veterans' Memorial: 13.5 mi
- Union Block Mural: 0.3 mi
- What's Next World?: 22.3 mi
- Compass Pole Monument: 23.3 mi
- Wind-Driven Rotating Mobile: 23.3 mi
- Friendship Park Stone Marker: 23.5 mi
- Graves Hill: 10.3 mi
- Baird Hill: 11.0 mi
- The Hogback: 13.3 mi
- Dias Hill: 21.1 mi
- Middleville Community Gardens: 10.7 mi
- Community Garden: 22.6 mi
- Stargazer Gardens: 23.9 mi
- Memorial Tree Garden: 23.9 mi
- Fallasburg Covered Bridge: 22.8 mi
- Ada Covered Bridge: 23.2 mi
- Fishing Beach: 9.9 mi
- Saranac Rest Area 532: 16.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of First Ward Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dias Hill | WNW 298° | 311 m | 21.1 mi |
| Baird Hill | WSW 249° | 294 m | 11.0 mi |
| The Hogback | SSW 205° | 282 m | 13.3 mi |
| Graves Hill | WSW 258° | 280 m | 10.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:45 | 19:16 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:40 | 21:23 |
| September equinox | 07:29 | 19:03 | 19:40 |
| December solstice | 08:09 | 16:25 | 17:11 |
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 | 23 | 25 | 34 | 45 | 57 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hastings, under a mile away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee18 obs
- Spongy Moth11 obs
- box elder10 obs
- Two-banded Petrophila10 obs
- Baltimore Oriole9 obs
- dame's rocket9 obs
- Rainbow Darter9 obs
- Green Cloverworm Moth9 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/761093452
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