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Gump Lake Park

Gump Lake Park from directly overhead

Gump Lake Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 210 m. Prospect Hill stands 287 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Wilson Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 17 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.07936, -83.67715

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Wilson Park: 0.3 mi
  • Milan Nature Park: 0.9 mi
  • Field of Dreams Flying Park: 1.4 mi
  • Vern R. Campbell Park / Soccer Complex: 1.5 mi
  • Sandra Richardson Park: 5.3 mi
Nature reserves
  • Draper-Houston Meadows Preserve: 1.4 mi
  • Mooreville Riverbend Preserve: 3.4 mi
  • Searles Nature Preserve: 5.7 mi
  • Pittsfield Preserve: South East: 8.4 mi
  • Pittsfield Preserve North: 9.2 mi
Artworks: 59
  • Mill Pond Painted Rock: 8.6 mi
  • Dash: 8.7 mi
  • Harriet Tubman: 11.6 mi
  • Sacred Heart Statue: 12.8 mi
  • Stations of the Cross: 12.9 mi
Historic sites: 54
Museums: 31
Gardens: 31
Attractions: 26
  • Wiard's Orchards & Country Fair: 7.8 mi
  • Pirate Ship: 7.9 mi
  • Bear Statue: 7.9 mi
  • Jewel Heart: 11.2 mi
  • Decode: 11.5 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 14.9 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 15.3 mi
  • Acorn Knoll Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
  • Washago Pond Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
  • Flint Woods Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Belleville Rest Area: 12.6 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 16.7 mi
  • Dundee Welcome Center 822: 17.1 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 19.4 mi
  • Monroe Welcome Center 823: 20.4 mi
Peaks: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Luna Pier Public Beach: 22.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • Great Sulphur Spring: 24.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillNW 323°287 m21.8 mi
Sand HillSSE 167°189 m25.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1019:47
June solstice06:0020:3221:15
September equinox07:2318:5719:34
December solstice08:0016:2117:07

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475969737164524030
Precip in2.92.12.23.43.93.43.63.53.12.82.72.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Milan Wwtp, under a mile away.

  • Dutchman's breeches27 obs
  • American bladdernut21 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty18 obs
  • large white trillium17 obs
  • sharp-lobed hepatica17 obs
  • Wingstem16 obs
  • early blue cohosh15 obs
  • common pawpaw14 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/468743586

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