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Johnston Park

Johnston Park from directly overhead

Johnston Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 188 m. Baldy stands 233 m to the south, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Klaver Park, a park 0.2 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates43.05898, -86.22787

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Nature reserves: 37
Artworks: 31
Museums: 20
  • Midwest Miniatures Museum: 0.2 mi
  • Tri-Cities Historical Museum: 0.4 mi
  • Community Archive and Research Center: 2.5 mi
  • Gillette Visitor Center: 4.7 mi
  • James Jackson Museum of African American History: 9.9 mi
Beaches: 11
Rest areas: 4
  • Fruitport Rest Area 502: 6.9 mi
  • Muskegon Rest Area 501: 20.4 mi
  • Zeeland Rest Area 528: 22.2 mi
  • Saugatuck Rest Area 727: 24.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Fairchild Park: 12.4 mi
  • The Pines: 12.5 mi
Springs: 2
  • Headwaters: 24.1 mi
  • Marl Springs: 24.5 mi
Gardens: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1
Peaks: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
BaldyS 177°233 m21.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2019:57
June solstice06:0620:4521:29
September equinox07:3319:0719:44
December solstice08:1416:2717:14

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262634455767716963514031
Precip in2.82.02.33.73.83.53.63.13.43.73.12.4

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

  • Mallard70 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull53 obs
  • common milkweed49 obs
  • Monarch42 obs
  • Long-tailed Duck40 obs
  • Red-breasted Merganser37 obs
  • Mute Swan35 obs
  • spotted horsemint35 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/469950273

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