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Mary Waters Park

Mary Waters Park from directly overhead

Mary Waters Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 217 m. Dias Hill stands 311 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Grand Rapids Project X, a artwork 0.4 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.98388, -85.66102

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Belknap Park: 0.4 mi
  • Reservoir Park: 0.5 mi
  • Coit Park: 0.6 mi
  • Sweet Street Park: 0.6 mi
  • Lookout Park: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves: 32
Museums: 25
Historic sites: 19
Gardens: 13
Attractions: 11
  • Boynton's Landing: 7.9 mi
  • Hilltop Stop: 9.3 mi
  • Boulder Jump: 9.3 mi
  • Sawtooth Drop: 9.4 mi
  • Wynalda Flow Trails Hub: 9.7 mi
Peaks: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Rockford Rest Area 525: 11.3 mi
  • Zeeland Rest Area 528: 17.4 mi
  • Fruitport Rest Area 502: 23.3 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Millennium Park Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Fishing Beach: 21.4 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dias HillS 178°311 m12.9 mi
Cheney HillsNNE 24°291 m20.0 mi
Bettes Tower HillNNW 343°260 m12.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:1819:55
June solstice06:0420:4321:26
September equinox07:3119:0419:42
December solstice08:1116:2517:12

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, 4 mi away.

  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee85 obs
  • common milkweed62 obs
  • Black Swallowtail56 obs
  • Monarch55 obs
  • House Sparrow50 obs
  • chicory50 obs
  • Ailanthus Webworm Moth49 obs
  • Mallard48 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/316613900

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