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Kirk Park

Kirk Park from directly overhead

Kirk Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 192 m. Baldy stands 233 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Hiawatha Forest Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.94568, -86.21540

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Zwemer Park: 0.8 mi
  • Olive Shores County Park: 1.6 mi
  • Windsnest Park: 2.4 mi
  • Agnew Roadside Park: 2.7 mi
  • Hemlock Crossing: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves: 39
  • Hiawatha Forest Open Space: 0.3 mi
  • Hiawatha Forest Open Space: 0.6 mi
  • Hiawatha Forest Open Space: 1.0 mi
  • Palomita Reserve: 1.2 mi
  • Hofma Park: 4.9 mi
Artworks: 33
Museums: 23
  • Community Archive and Research Center: 5.5 mi
  • Midwest Miniatures Museum: 8.0 mi
  • Tri-Cities Historical Museum: 8.2 mi
  • Old Borculo Schoolhouse Museum: 10.9 mi
  • The Cappon House: 11.9 mi
Attractions: 20
Beaches: 13
Rest areas: 3
  • Fruitport Rest Area 502: 11.8 mi
  • Zeeland Rest Area 528: 16.8 mi
  • Saugatuck Rest Area 727: 16.8 mi
Peaks: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Fairchild Park: 20.2 mi
  • The Pines: 20.2 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
BaldyS 177°233 m14.0 mi
Mount BaldheadS 179°233 m19.6 mi
Pelican PeakS 178°221 m18.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2019:57
June solstice06:0720:4521:28
September equinox07:3319:0719:44
December solstice08:1416:2817:14

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, 8 mi away.

  • Canadian lousewort21 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander16 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull14 obs
  • American beech13 obs
  • Ghost Pipe13 obs
  • Jack pine12 obs
  • pink lady's slipper11 obs
  • eastern hemlock10 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/469905138

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