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Harbert Community Park

Harbert Community Park from directly overhead

Harbert Community Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 191 m. Carlisle Hill stands 280 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Pepperidge Dunes Nature Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 13 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates41.87377, -86.62281
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Dillard Park: 4.6 mi
  • Chamberlain Path: 5.0 mi
  • Dewey Cannon Park: 5.0 mi
  • Carver Park: 5.2 mi
  • Watkins Memorial Park: 5.4 mi
Attractions: 34
  • Nature Preserve: 14.1 mi
  • Notre Dame Elementary School: 14.2 mi
  • Hosta Bowl: 14.2 mi
  • Moore Woodlot: 14.2 mi
  • South Vista: 14.2 mi
Museums: 32
Historic sites: 29
  • First Church Camp (water tank): 4.2 mi
  • First Church Camp: 4.2 mi
  • 'First Church Camp' Ruins: 4.2 mi
  • War Memorial: 14.0 mi
  • Warren Nelson Plaque: 17.5 mi
Artworks: 26
  • The Globe: 14.8 mi
  • Legacy of Leadership Sculpture: 14.9 mi
  • Corten Steel Sculpture: 15.0 mi
  • AU Flower Bed: 15.0 mi
  • Wrestlers Sculpture: 15.0 mi
Peaks: 24
Gardens: 17
Beaches: 14
  • Weko Beach: 5.1 mi
  • New Buffalo Public Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Stop 7 Beach: 16.6 mi
  • Stop 2 Beach: 17.0 mi
  • Lions Beach: 17.1 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Area: 2.9 mi
  • Otahnagon Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
  • Hardwoods: 15.7 mi
  • Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Lake View: 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Michigan Welcome Center 707: 9.7 mi
  • Indiana Welcome Center: 13.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • 1 Foot Falls: 24.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carlisle HillSSE 155°280.4 m15.7 mi
Mount EdwardNNE 27°242 m4.7 mi
Mount RandallNNE 32°235 m2.9 mi
Tower HillNNE 29°233 m2.5 mi
Pikes PeakNNE 25°229 m2.4 mi
Mount FullerNNE 22°227 m2.2 mi
Great Warren DuneNNE 30°225 m3.9 mi
Mount BaldySW 234°185 m19.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5119:2219:59
June solstice06:1220:4421:26
September equinox07:3519:0919:46
December solstice08:1216:3417:19

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262938496069727164534131
Precip in3.02.32.53.74.24.03.74.43.54.43.02.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Niles, 19 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • striped wintergreen17 obs
  • common pawpaw15 obs
  • White-tailed Deer13 obs
  • sassafras13 obs
  • American Royal Fern12 obs
  • yellow birch10 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail10 obs
  • American beech9 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/340468687

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