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John Collins Park

John Collins Park from directly overhead

John Collins Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 225 m. Dias Hill stands 311 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Waterfront Park, a park 0.2 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.95160, -85.61143

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • The Cheese: 1.8 mi
  • Ben Webster: 2.2 mi
  • B-Tree II: 2.2 mi
  • Sleepwalker: 2.2 mi
  • Galileo’s Wedge: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves: 34
Museums: 25
Historic sites: 20
Gardens: 13
Attractions: 10
  • Boynton's Landing: 9.6 mi
  • Sawtooth Drop: 10.9 mi
  • Hilltop Stop: 10.9 mi
  • Boulder Jump: 11.0 mi
  • Wynalda Flow Trails Hub: 11.2 mi
Peaks: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Rockford Rest Area 525: 13.0 mi
  • Zeeland Rest Area 528: 18.3 mi
  • Saranac Rest Area 532: 23.4 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Millennium Park Beach: 7.1 mi
  • Fishing Beach: 18.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dias HillS 190°311 m10.9 mi
Cheney HillsNNE 15°291 m21.3 mi
Graves HillSSE 164°280 m23.7 mi
Bettes Tower HillNNW 336°260 m15.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:1719:55
June solstice06:0420:4221:26
September equinox07:3019:0419:42
December solstice08:1116:2517:11

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465867716962503929
Precip in2.72.12.64.14.44.03.33.13.53.73.32.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Grand Rapids, 1 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee134 obs
  • Western Honey Bee81 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel69 obs
  • Monarch68 obs
  • Mallard66 obs
  • Mute Swan63 obs
  • common buckthorn62 obs
  • common milkweed60 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/255734797

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