Forest Hills Park
Forest Hills Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 235 m. Dias Hill stands 311 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Buiten Wildlife Sanctuary, a nature reserve 1.4 miles away. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1963
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Northeast Park: 1.5 mi
- John H. Bonnell Park: 1.6 mi
- Calvin Ecosystem Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Manhattan Park: 1.8 mi
- Camelot Park: 2.1 mi
- The Cheese: 2.1 mi
- Bent of Mind: 2.4 mi
- Leaping Gazelle Fountain: 2.4 mi
- The Tribute: 2.5 mi
- Mad Mom: 2.5 mi
- Buiten Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.4 mi
- Carl Creek Wetlands Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Knapp Corner Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Paris Park: 6.5 mi
- Veterans Nature Trail: 6.9 mi
- Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park: 2.4 mi
- Cascade Township Museum: 4.0 mi
- Meyer May House: 5.1 mi
- Caulkins Law Office: 5.4 mi
- Grand Rapids Children's Museum: 5.6 mi
- Sang Yoon: 2.8 mi
- The Castle: 5.1 mi
- The Hiker: 5.2 mi
- Bust of A. Lincoln: 5.4 mi
- Kent County Civil War Monument: 5.7 mi
- Heirloom Vegetable Patch: 2.5 mi
- Heirloom Vegetable Patch: 2.5 mi
- Bonsai Garden: 2.6 mi
- Zen-Style Garden: 2.6 mi
- Stargazer Gardens: 2.8 mi
- Pine Plantation: 9.1 mi
- Mixed Oak Forest: 9.4 mi
- Sawtooth Drop: 11.0 mi
- Hilltop Stop: 11.2 mi
- Boulder Jump: 11.2 mi
- Buena Vista Hill: 6.9 mi
- Dias Hill: 11.6 mi
- Bettes Tower Hill: 16.9 mi
- Cheney Hills: 20.9 mi
- Graves Hill: 23.0 mi
- Rockford Rest Area 525: 13.2 mi
- Zeeland Rest Area 528: 20.7 mi
- Saranac Rest Area 532: 20.7 mi
- Ada Covered Bridge: 3.6 mi
- Fallasburg Covered Bridge: 11.8 mi
- Millennium Park Beach: 9.8 mi
- Fishing Beach: 17.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
- Charleston: 19.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Forest Hills Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dias Hill | SSW 204° | 311 m | 11.6 mi |
| Baird Hill | S 172° | 294 m | 24.8 mi |
| Cheney Hills | N 8° | 291 m | 20.9 mi |
| Graves Hill | S 170° | 280 m | 23.0 mi |
| Bettes Tower Hill | NNW 328° | 260 m | 16.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:17 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:42 | 21:25 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 08:11 | 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 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Grand Rapids, 3 mi away.
- Painted Turtle80 obs
- Green Frog65 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee64 obs
- Common Snapping Turtle62 obs
- buttonbush51 obs
- crown-tipped coral fungus50 obs
- yellow trout lily47 obs
- Common Garter Snake44 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/546752133
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