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Manhattan Park

Manhattan Park from directly overhead

Manhattan Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 243 m. Dias Hill stands 311 m to the south-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Griffiths Park, a park 0.3 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.95407, -85.59315

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • The Cheese: 1.6 mi
  • Bent of Mind: 1.7 mi
  • Sleepwalker: 1.7 mi
  • B-Tree II: 1.7 mi
  • Galileo’s Wedge: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves: 32
Museums: 25
Historic sites: 18
Gardens: 13
  • Bonsai Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Zen-Style Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Heirloom Vegetable Patch: 2.0 mi
  • Heirloom Vegetable Patch: 2.0 mi
  • Hillcrest Community Garden: 2.3 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Boynton's Landing: 10.6 mi
  • Sawtooth Drop: 10.7 mi
  • Hilltop Stop: 10.7 mi
  • Boulder Jump: 10.8 mi
  • Pine Plantation: 10.9 mi
Peaks: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Rockford Rest Area 525: 12.8 mi
  • Zeeland Rest Area 528: 19.2 mi
  • Saranac Rest Area 532: 22.5 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Millennium Park Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Fishing Beach: 18.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dias HillSSW 195°311 m11.2 mi
Cheney HillsNNE 13°291 m20.9 mi
Graves HillSSE 166°280 m23.6 mi
Bettes Tower HillNNW 333°260 m15.7 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, 2 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee160 obs
  • Painted Turtle122 obs
  • Western Honey Bee101 obs
  • Mallard98 obs
  • Green Frog98 obs
  • yellow trout lily91 obs
  • common buckthorn91 obs
  • eastern redbud81 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/503941127

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