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Highland Park

Highland Park from directly overhead

Highland Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 204 m. Dias Hill stands 311 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Watertower Sledding Park, a park 0.3 miles away. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.85318, -85.87635

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Nature reserves: 48
Historic sites: 30
  • Veteran's Plaza: 5.8 mi
  • Jenison Stump Fence: 5.8 mi
  • Sweets Monument: 9.2 mi
  • Het Waterhuis Historic Pioneer Marker: 9.5 mi
  • Howard Stanton Memorial: 9.9 mi
Museums: 29
Attractions: 22
Gardens: 17
Beaches: 12
Peaks: 7
Rest areas: 4
  • Zeeland Rest Area 528: 3.3 mi
  • Saugatuck Rest Area 727: 18.0 mi
  • Fruitport Rest Area 502: 20.0 mi
  • Rockford Rest Area 525: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Covered bridges: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dias HillESE 109°311 m12.1 mi
Bettes Tower HillNNE 19°260 m22.2 mi
Beach HillS 191°242 m14.4 mi
BaldyWSW 246°233 m18.2 mi
Mount BaldheadSW 232°233 m21.5 mi
Pelican PeakSW 235°221 m20.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4819:1919:56
June solstice06:0620:4321:26
September equinox07:3119:0519:43
December solstice08:1216:2717:13

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262736475868727063524132
Precip in1.91.82.13.53.83.42.83.13.04.23.22.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Holland Tulip City AP, 13 mi away.

  • common pawpaw19 obs
  • large white trillium18 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit15 obs
  • staghorn sumac14 obs
  • false rue anemone13 obs
  • American Robin12 obs
  • bloodroot12 obs
  • autumn olive12 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/159098113

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