Fred Russ Forest Park
Fred Russ Forest Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 259 m. Bald Hill stands 334 m to the east-southeast, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Stevens Memorial Park, a park 3.8 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 22 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
This is a leased property operated by Cass County as a roadside park
What the record says
- Elevation
- 259 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Cass County
How to reach it
- 22.4 mi off the The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Stevens Memorial Park: 3.8 mi
- Fish Lake Boating Access Site: 5.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial and Beeson Street Park: 6.2 mi
- Gravel Lake Public Access: 6.5 mi
- Veterans' Park: 6.8 mi
- Riley-Shurte Woods Nature Sanctuary: 5.9 mi
- Cornish State Game Area: 9.2 mi
- Bankson Lake Bog Nature Sanctuary: 10.1 mi
- Spirit Springs Sanctuary: 10.2 mi
- Dowagiac Woods Nature Sanctuary: 11.6 mi
- Southwestern Michigan College Museum: 7.0 mi
- Dowagiac Museum: 7.5 mi
- Pioneer Log Cabin Museum: 7.7 mi
- Heddon Museum: 8.0 mi
- Old Rugged Cross: 12.8 mi
- People's Plot: 18.2 mi
- People's Plot: 18.3 mi
- Mushroom garden: 18.3 mi
- Sensory Garden at Cobus Park: 21.6 mi
- God's Garden: 21.7 mi
- Sinclair Service Station: 7.5 mi
- Lawrence Veterans Memorial: 15.5 mi
- Dr. Nathan Thomas House: 18.6 mi
- Former Ferry Street School Ruins: 19.4 mi
- Fort Saint Joseph Monument: 20.6 mi
- Hartford Speedway: 17.7 mi
- Leo J. Burch Park: 18.1 mi
- Year Round Golf: 18.7 mi
- Arboretum: 22.0 mi
- Confluence of The Little Elkhart and St. Joseph Rivers: 22.1 mi
- Lake of the Woods: 6.8 mi
- Elkhart County CVB: 19.1 mi
- Hybrid Form, Number 2: 19.7 mi
- Regeneration Sculpture: 20.5 mi
- AU Flower Bed: 20.5 mi
- Bald Hill: 8.3 mi
- Mount Misery: 10.4 mi
- Prospect Hill: 13.6 mi
- Watervliet Rest Area: 18.3 mi
- Rest Area Trucks Only: 23.8 mi
- Pleasant Lake East Beach: 15.8 mi
- Artesian Flow: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fred Russ Forest Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Hill | ESE 121° | 334 m | 8.3 mi |
| Mount Misery | ESE 113° | 317 m | 10.4 mi |
| Prospect Hill | NNE 16° | 244 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:48 | 19:19 | 19:56 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:41 | 21:24 |
| September equinox | 07:32 | 19:06 | 19:43 |
| December solstice | 08:09 | 16:31 | 17:16 |
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 | 35 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dowagiac 1 W, 9 mi away.
- Common Watersnake13 obs
- American beech12 obs
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander9 obs
- common pawpaw9 obs
- northern spicebush9 obs
- Dutchman's breeches8 obs
- blue phlox8 obs
- Beechdrops7 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/1097368547
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