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Fish Ladder Park

Fish Ladder Park from directly overhead

Fish Ladder Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. Dias Hill stands 311 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Fish Ladder Sculpture, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1974

How to reach it

Coordinates42.97400, -85.67585

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Nature reserves: 32
Museums: 23
Historic sites: 18
Attractions: 15
  • Boynton's Landing: 6.9 mi
  • Hilltop Stop: 10.2 mi
  • Boulder Jump: 10.3 mi
  • Sawtooth Drop: 10.3 mi
  • Wynalda Flow Trails Hub: 10.6 mi
Gardens: 13
Peaks: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Rockford Rest Area 525: 12.2 mi
  • Zeeland Rest Area 528: 16.4 mi
  • Fruitport Rest Area 502: 22.9 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Millennium Park Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Fishing Beach: 21.2 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dias HillS 174°311 m12.3 mi
Cheney HillsNNE 25°291 m21.0 mi
Bettes Tower HillNNW 347°260 m13.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:1819:55
June solstice06:0420:4321:26
September equinox07:3119:0519:42
December solstice08:1116:2517:12

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465867716962503929
Precip in2.72.12.64.14.44.03.33.13.53.73.32.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Grand Rapids, 4 mi away.

  • Monarch99 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel85 obs
  • House Sparrow83 obs
  • Mallard80 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider79 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee79 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee71 obs
  • common milkweed65 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/199077527

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