John Ball Park
John Ball Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 187 m. Dias Hill stands 311 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Lincoln Park: 0.6 mi
- Butterworth Park: 0.7 mi
- Sibley School Park: 0.7 mi
- Westown Commons Park: 0.8 mi
- Lexington Park: 0.9 mi
- ArtPost Grand Valley State University (GVSU) Seidman Campus: 1.2 mi
- ArtPost Grand Valley State University (GVSU) Pew Campus: 1.2 mi
- Noahquageshik: 1.3 mi
- The Spirit of Solidarity: 1.4 mi
- Man in Space: 1.4 mi
- Brian Dyk Nature Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Hopewell Indian Mounds Park: 2.3 mi
- Veterans Nature Trail: 4.2 mi
- Buck Creek Nature Preserve: 5.4 mi
- George P. Tilma Nature Preserve: 5.7 mi
- Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum: 1.4 mi
- Grand Rapids Art Museum: 1.6 mi
- Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives: 1.7 mi
- Grand Rapids Children's Museum: 1.8 mi
- Caulkins Law Office: 2.0 mi
- Gerald R. Ford and Betty B. Ford Burial Site: 1.4 mi
- Rosa Parks: 1.6 mi
- Kent County Civil War Monument: 1.8 mi
- Bust of A. Lincoln: 2.0 mi
- The Hiker: 2.2 mi
- Boynton's Landing: 5.3 mi
- Hilltop Stop: 11.6 mi
- Boulder Jump: 11.6 mi
- Sawtooth Drop: 11.7 mi
- Wynalda Flow Trails Hub: 12.0 mi
- Winchester Garden: 2.6 mi
- Hillcrest Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- Michigan State University Cooperative Extension: 3.8 mi
- Alger Heights Community Garden: 4.2 mi
- Zen-Style Garden: 6.1 mi
- Buena Vista Hill: 10.0 mi
- Dias Hill: 11.7 mi
- Bettes Tower Hill: 13.6 mi
- Cheney Hills: 22.3 mi
- Beach Hill: 24.5 mi
- Rockford Rest Area 525: 13.5 mi
- Zeeland Rest Area 528: 14.8 mi
- Fruitport Rest Area 502: 22.0 mi
- Millennium Park Beach: 3.0 mi
- Fishing Beach: 21.2 mi
- Ada Covered Bridge: 11.0 mi
- Fallasburg Covered Bridge: 19.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 0.1 mi
- Charleston: 12.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of John Ball Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dias Hill | SSE 167° | 311 m | 11.7 mi |
| Cheney Hills | NNE 27° | 291 m | 22.3 mi |
| Bettes Tower Hill | N 353° | 260 m | 13.6 mi |
| Beach Hill | SSW 208° | 242 m | 24.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:18 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 20:43 | 21:26 |
| September equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 08:12 | 16:26 | 17:12 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Grand Rapids, 5 mi away.
- Monarch86 obs
- Mallard74 obs
- Bold Jumping Spider70 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel68 obs
- House Sparrow59 obs
- common milkweed53 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee53 obs
- Canada Goose52 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/160829157
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