Franks Park
Franks Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 274 m. Bald Hill stands 334 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Harmon Field, a park 0.5 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 24 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 274 m
How to reach it
- 23.8 mi off the The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Harmon Field: 0.5 mi
- Oak Lawn Park: 0.6 mi
- Arthur Carl's Park: 0.8 mi
- Shadowlawn Park: 0.9 mi
- Free Church Park: 1.1 mi
- Lee Lake Public Access: 2.0 mi
- Sauk Indian Trail Prairie Plant Preserve: 5.0 mi
- LaGrange County Nature Preserve: 11.8 mi
- White Pigeon River: 14.8 mi
- Ropchan Wildlife Refuge: 14.9 mi
- Sturgis Historical Society Museum: 1.4 mi
- Shipshewana Area Historical: 11.2 mi
- Menno-Hof: 11.8 mi
- Sue Silliman House Museum: 15.8 mi
- Middlebury Community Historical: 17.0 mi
- Knob Hill: 9.6 mi
- Colon Mountain: 11.3 mi
- Sand Hill: 21.0 mi
- Hell's Point: 21.1 mi
- The Knobs: 21.5 mi
- Wahbememe Historical Monument: 13.0 mi
- Dr. David Rogers: 15.6 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps Camp: 20.4 mi
- Steuben County Soldier's Monument: 23.7 mi
- Fort Cooper: 23.7 mi
- Mushroom garden: 14.9 mi
- People's Plot: 15.0 mi
- People's Plot: 15.0 mi
- Bonneyville Herb Garden: 18.8 mi
- Bonneyville Mill Trail Garden: 18.8 mi
- Rest Area Trucks Only: 13.3 mi
- Coldwater Welcome Center 716: 21.9 mi
- Pigeon Creek Welcome Center: 23.0 mi
- Wall Lake Beach: 11.4 mi
- Dallas Lake Beach: 16.3 mi
- Branch: 20.9 mi
- John Yoder Memorial Sculpture: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Franks Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Hill | WNW 299° | 334 m | 24.2 mi |
| Sand Hill | SSE 153° | 328 m | 21.0 mi |
| Hell's Point | ESE 103° | 326 m | 21.1 mi |
| Mount Misery | WNW 302° | 317 m | 22.1 mi |
| Knob Hill | SSE 162° | 316 m | 9.6 mi |
| Diamond Hill | SSW 194° | 312 m | 24.1 mi |
| Baby Mountain | SSE 159° | 309 m | 23.8 mi |
| The Knobs | SSW 197° | 292 m | 21.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:17 | 19:54 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:38 | 21:21 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 08:06 | 16:30 | 17:15 |
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 | 36 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lagrange, 10 mi away.
- Monarch3 obs
- Killdeer2 obs
- Orchard Oriole2 obs
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak2 obs
- Blanding's Turtle2 obs
- Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid2 obs
- Goutweed2 obs
- hemp dogbane2 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/441443941
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