Garst Playground
Garst Playground is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 190 m. Bettes Tower Hill stands 260 m to the east, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Smitty Vanderplow Field, a park 1.5 miles away. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 190 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Mona Shores Youth Baseball and Softball
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Smitty Vanderplow Field: 1.5 mi
- Ross Park: 1.8 mi
- Hidden Cove Park: 2.0 mi
- Pine Park: 2.1 mi
- Black Lake Park: 2.2 mi
- Day-use Trailhead: 5.0 mi
- Camp Trailhead: 5.3 mi
- Camp Information Kiosk: 5.3 mi
- Idema Explorers Camp: 5.3 mi
- SS Milwaukee Clipper: 5.8 mi
- Ferrysburg Nature Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Kitchel Lindquist Dunes Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Minnie Skwarek Nature Preserve: 7.4 mi
- Muskegon Lake Nature Preserve: 7.6 mi
- DePersia South Highlands Nature Preserve: 8.4 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Soldier’s Monument: 5.7 mi
- Coast Guard Cutters on the Great Lakes: 6.5 mi
- Shipwrecks and the Coast Guard: 6.5 mi
- To The Enlisted Men of the United States Coast Guard: 6.5 mi
- Gillette Visitor Center: 2.9 mi
- James Jackson Museum of African American History: 3.4 mi
- Fire Barn Museum: 5.6 mi
- Muskegon Art Museum: 5.7 mi
- USS LST 393 Veterans Museum: 5.8 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 5.4 mi
- Harbour Towne Beach: 7.2 mi
- Sunset Beach: 9.4 mi
- Duck Lake State Park Beach: 15.6 mi
- Sylvan Beach Kids Beach: 17.8 mi
- Sails: 6.2 mi
- North Bank Trail—Nunica Junction—Trailhead Train: 9.7 mi
- Butterfly Statue: 17.7 mi
- Sailboats/Trees: 18.9 mi
- Opus in 3 Movements: 19.2 mi
- Headwaters: 17.6 mi
- Marl Springs: 18.0 mi
- Shrew Springs: 18.5 mi
- Eagle Springs: 19.2 mi
- Fairchild Park: 6.0 mi
- The Pines: 6.0 mi
- Leader's Patio: 19.5 mi
- Fruitport Rest Area 502: 7.8 mi
- Muskegon Rest Area 501: 13.9 mi
- Rothbury Rest Area 529: 23.8 mi
- OSR Indian Hilltop Fort - 1994: 23.5 mi
- Bettes Tower Hill: 24.9 mi
- Charleston: 18.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Garst Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bettes Tower Hill | E 89° | 260 m | 24.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:20 | 19:57 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:45 | 21:29 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 08:14 | 16:27 | 17:13 |
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 | 27 | 28 | 36 | 47 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Muskegon CO AP, 1 mi away.
- Carolina horsenettle4 obs
- Northern Cardinal3 obs
- House Sparrow3 obs
- Monarch3 obs
- garlic mustard3 obs
- Spicebush Swallowtail3 obs
- Common Bagworm Moth3 obs
- horseweed3 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/1074558140
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