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FOP Park

FOP Park from directly overhead

FOP Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 196 m. Bald Hill stands 334 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverfront Park, a park 0.2 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 9.7 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
196 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.83393, -86.26219

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves: 50
Museums: 44
Artworks: 30
  • Hybrid Form, Number 2: 0.3 mi
  • Labyrinth: 8.9 mi
  • The Word of Life Mural: 9.2 mi
  • Holy Family Statue: 9.2 mi
  • Knute Rockne: 9.4 mi
Historic sites: 18
Gardens: 16
  • Herb Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Butterfly Larva Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Nature Adventure Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Railway Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 4.9 mi
Attractions: 12
  • Arboretum: 4.8 mi
  • Bauer Terrace: 4.9 mi
  • South Vista: 4.9 mi
  • The Green: 4.9 mi
  • Moore Woodlot: 4.9 mi
Peaks: 10
Picnic sites: 4
  • Otahnagon Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
  • Hardwoods: 16.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
  • Orchard Shore Shelters Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Pleasant Lake East Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Weko Beach: 18.1 mi
  • Lions Beach: 21.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Builders Association-Elkhart,: 20.5 mi
  • Watervliet Rest Area: 24.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Artesian Flow: 21.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillENE 70°334 m23.9 mi
Carlisle HillSW 226°280.4 m16.6 mi
Vargo HillSSW 193°270 m19.3 mi
Reeves HillSSW 194°264 m18.8 mi
Mount EdwardWNW 293°242 m17.8 mi
Mount RandallWNW 287°235 m17.8 mi
Tower HillWNW 286°233 m18.1 mi
Pikes PeakWNW 286°229 m18.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2119:57
June solstice06:1120:4221:24
September equinox07:3319:0719:44
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, under a mile away.

  • Green Heron18 obs
  • Orchard Oriole17 obs
  • Mallard15 obs
  • Little Blue Heron14 obs
  • Wood Duck14 obs
  • Monarch14 obs
  • Carolina Wren12 obs
  • Northern Flicker12 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/634035015

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