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Ketchum Park

Ketchum Park from directly overhead

Ketchum Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 274 m. Dixon Hall stands 332 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Glen Carver Memorial Park, a park 0.3 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 157 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
274 m

What to expect

Operated by
City of Marshall

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.26935, -84.94982

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Glen Carver Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Stuart's Landing: 0.6 mi
  • The Dump: 0.6 mi
  • Brooks Memorial Fountain Park: 0.8 mi
  • Sherman Park: 1.0 mi
Attractions: 28
  • Full Blast: 12.5 mi
  • 2nd Stream: 19.0 mi
  • Switchback: 19.1 mi
  • 1st Stream: 19.1 mi
  • Harmonia: 19.1 mi
Museums: 18
  • American Museum of Magic: 0.5 mi
  • Honolulu House: 0.8 mi
  • Brueckner Museum: 7.8 mi
  • Gardner House Museum: 10.3 mi
  • Kimball House Museum: 12.1 mi
Artworks: 7
  • The Rock: 10.7 mi
  • Sojourner Truth Memorial: 12.2 mi
  • Friendship Park Stone Marker: 12.3 mi
  • The Creek: 12.4 mi
  • Compass Pole Monument: 12.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Marshall Rest Area: 2.1 mi
  • Turkeyville Rest Area 722: 4.6 mi
  • Battle Creek Rest Area: 13.8 mi
  • Sandstone Rest Area 819: 23.4 mi
Peaks: 4
Gardens: 2
Historic sites: 2
Springs: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Willard Beach: 13.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dixon HallSSW 203°332 m12.0 mi
Jerusalem HillsNE 55°297 m14.4 mi
Holibaugh HillsNE 53°296 m16.8 mi
Stony Point HillSSW 196°286 m13.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:1519:52
June solstice06:0420:3821:21
September equinox07:2819:0219:39
December solstice08:0616:2617:11

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242636485969737164524030
Precip in1.61.21.72.93.73.43.43.43.23.62.11.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Battle Creek Kellogg AP, 15 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer15 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee14 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel13 obs
  • Spiny Softshell9 obs
  • Northern Cardinal8 obs
  • Turkey Vulture7 obs
  • chicory7 obs
  • Monarch6 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/364551576

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