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Free Church Park

Free Church Park from directly overhead

Free Church Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 280 m. Bald Hill stands 334 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Shadowlawn Park, a park 0.2 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 25 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.79913, -85.41700

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 19
Museums: 10
  • Sturgis Historical Society Museum: 0.4 mi
  • Shipshewana Area Historical: 11.7 mi
  • Menno-Hof: 12.3 mi
  • Sue Silliman House Museum: 14.9 mi
  • Middlebury Community Historical: 17.3 mi
Peaks: 9
Historic sites: 6
Gardens: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area Trucks Only: 13.2 mi
  • Coldwater Welcome Center 716: 22.0 mi
  • Pigeon Creek Welcome Center: 23.8 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Wall Lake Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Dallas Lake Beach: 17.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Artworks: 1
Attractions: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillWNW 297°334 m23.4 mi
Sand HillSSE 153°328 m22.0 mi
Hell's PointESE 106°326 m21.6 mi
Mount MiseryWNW 300°317 m21.3 mi
Knob HillSSE 162°316 m10.7 mi
Baby MountainSSE 159°309 m24.8 mi
The KnobsSSW 196°292 m22.4 mi
Colon MountainNNE 13°287 m10.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:1719:54
June solstice06:0820:3921:21
September equinox07:3019:0419:41
December solstice08:0616:3017:15

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242636496069727164524029
Precip in2.71.92.53.64.34.13.44.23.13.43.02.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lagrange, 11 mi away.

  • Killdeer2 obs
  • Orchard Oriole2 obs
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak2 obs
  • Blanding's Turtle2 obs
  • Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid2 obs
  • Goutweed2 obs
  • Mourning Dove1 obs
  • Baltimore Oriole1 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/290468760

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