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FOP Sports Park

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FOP Sports Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 205 m. Prospect Hill stands 244 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Randall Park, a park 0.5 miles away. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
205 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.17333, -86.30181

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums: 24
Artworks: 12
  • St. Joseph's Firemen: 10.2 mi
  • Wrestlers Sculpture: 14.7 mi
  • Corten Steel Sculpture: 14.8 mi
  • Regeneration Sculpture: 14.8 mi
  • Legacy of Leadership Sculpture: 14.9 mi
Historic sites: 11
Attractions: 10
  • Hartford Speedway: 7.1 mi
  • Silver Beach Carousel: 10.3 mi
  • Beach and natural area: 12.4 mi
  • Nature Preserve: 21.2 mi
  • Arboretum: 21.2 mi
Peaks: 8
Gardens: 8
  • Lilac Garden: 21.3 mi
  • Herb Garden: 21.4 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 21.4 mi
  • Railway Garden: 21.4 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 21.4 mi
Beaches: 7
Rest areas: 2
  • Watervliet Rest Area: 3.3 mi
  • Glenn Rest Area 726: 23.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Artesian Flow: 2.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillE 85°244 m21.2 mi
Mount EdwardSW 221°242 m21.9 mi
Mount RandallSW 219°235 m23.6 mi
Tower HillSW 220°233 m24.0 mi
Pikes PeakSW 220°229 m24.2 mi
Mount FullerSW 220°227 m24.4 mi
Great Warren DuneSW 220°225 m22.6 mi
Thunder MountainNNW 337°213 m6.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2119:58
June solstice06:1020:4321:26
September equinox07:3319:0719:44
December solstice08:1116:3217:17

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937475868727063534232
Precip in2.01.62.03.33.83.03.23.63.64.22.72.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Benton Harbor, 7 mi away.

  • Appalachian Brown4 obs
  • Painted Bunting3 obs
  • Common Box Turtle3 obs
  • Monarch3 obs
  • tree-of-heaven3 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail3 obs
  • Turkey Vulture2 obs
  • eastern redbud2 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/643256711

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