French Field
French Field is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 209 m. Bald Hill stands 334 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Allouez Park, a park 0.4 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 8.7 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 209 m
What to expect
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
- 8.7 mi off the The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Allouez Park: 0.4 mi
- Riverfront Park and Launch: 0.5 mi
- Clevenger Park: 0.7 mi
- Riverfront Park: 0.7 mi
- Hunter Saathoff Park: 0.9 mi
- Brandywine Creek Nature Park: 1.2 mi
- Trillium Ravine Prairie Plant Preserve: 3.3 mi
- Wilding Plant Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Fernwood Botanical Gardens: 5.5 mi
- Bakertown Fen: 6.1 mi
- Fort Saint Joseph Museum: 0.9 mi
- Old Rugged Cross: 7.9 mi
- Snite Museum: 8.4 mi
- Raclin Murphy Museum of Art: 8.8 mi
- Indiana Dinosaur Museum: 8.8 mi
- Hybrid Form, Number 2: 0.8 mi
- Labyrinth: 7.9 mi
- The Word of Life Mural: 8.2 mi
- Holy Family Statue: 8.2 mi
- Knute Rockne: 8.4 mi
- Fort Saint Joseph Monument: 0.5 mi
- Former Ferry Street School Ruins: 1.0 mi
- Freedom Memorial: 4.2 mi
- War Memorial: 4.9 mi
- Heron Monument: 7.8 mi
- flower walk: 5.0 mi
- Butterfly Larva Garden: 5.4 mi
- Herb Garden: 5.4 mi
- Nature Adventure Garden: 5.4 mi
- Railway Garden: 5.4 mi
- Arboretum: 5.3 mi
- South Vista: 5.3 mi
- Bauer Terrace: 5.3 mi
- The Green: 5.4 mi
- Moore Woodlot: 5.4 mi
- Carlisle Hill: 15.8 mi
- Reeves Hill: 17.9 mi
- Great Warren Dune: 18.0 mi
- Mount Randall: 18.1 mi
- Mount Edward: 18.2 mi
- Otahnagon Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
- Hardwoods: 16.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- Orchard Shore Shelters Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
- Pleasant Lake East Beach: 9.2 mi
- Weko Beach: 18.5 mi
- Lions Beach: 22.8 mi
- St. Joseph North Pier Lighthouse: 23.7 mi
- North Pierhead Light: 23.7 mi
- Builders Association-Elkhart,: 19.9 mi
- Artesian Flow: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of French Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Hill | ENE 68° | 334 m | 24.3 mi |
| Carlisle Hill | SW 229° | 280.4 m | 15.8 mi |
| Vargo Hill | SSW 193° | 270 m | 18.3 mi |
| Reeves Hill | SSW 195° | 264 m | 17.9 mi |
| Mount Edward | WNW 296° | 242 m | 18.2 mi |
| Mount Randall | WNW 290° | 235 m | 18.1 mi |
| Tower Hill | WNW 289° | 233 m | 18.3 mi |
| Pikes Peak | WNW 289° | 229 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:21 | 19:57 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:42 | 21:24 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 08:10 | 16:33 | 17:18 |
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 | 26 | 29 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 53 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Niles, 2 mi away.
- Green Heron18 obs
- Mallard15 obs
- Little Blue Heron14 obs
- Wood Duck14 obs
- Monarch13 obs
- Belted Kingfisher10 obs
- Red-headed Woodpecker9 obs
- Northern Flicker9 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1038792541
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