McCoy Creek Recreation Area
McCoy Creek Recreation Area is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 212 m. Carlisle Hill stands 280 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Firehouse Park, a park 0.5 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 7.3 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 212 m
How to reach it
- 7.3 mi off the The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Firehouse Park: 0.5 mi
- Buchanan Commons: 0.6 mi
- Old City Hall Park: 0.6 mi
- Harger Park: 0.6 mi
- Kathryn Park: 0.7 mi
- Bakertown Fen: 0.7 mi
- Fernwood Botanical Gardens: 3.4 mi
- Mud Lake Bog: 3.5 mi
- Dayton Wet Prairie Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Trillium Ravine Prairie Plant Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Fort Saint Joseph Museum: 5.9 mi
- Indiana Dinosaur Museum: 7.9 mi
- History Center at Courthouse Square: 8.9 mi
- Horn Archeological Institute and Museum: 9.3 mi
- Love Creek Nature Center: 9.7 mi
- Hybrid Form, Number 2: 5.7 mi
- The Globe: 9.4 mi
- AU Flower Bed: 9.7 mi
- Legacy of Leadership Sculpture: 9.8 mi
- Regeneration Sculpture: 9.8 mi
- War Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Fort Saint Joseph Monument: 5.6 mi
- Former Ferry Street School Ruins: 6.1 mi
- Freedom Memorial: 6.9 mi
- Better Homes of South Bend: 9.6 mi
- flower walk: 0.5 mi
- Nature Adventure Garden: 3.2 mi
- Butterfly Larva Garden: 3.2 mi
- Japanese Garden: 3.2 mi
- Railway Garden: 3.2 mi
- South Vista: 3.2 mi
- Bauer Terrace: 3.3 mi
- Moore Woodlot: 3.3 mi
- Hosta Bowl: 3.3 mi
- The Green: 3.3 mi
- Carlisle Hill: 12.4 mi
- Mount Randall: 13.1 mi
- Great Warren Dune: 13.2 mi
- Tower Hill: 13.3 mi
- Pikes Peak: 13.4 mi
- Weko Beach: 13.8 mi
- Pleasant Lake East Beach: 14.6 mi
- New Buffalo Public Beach: 19.6 mi
- Lions Beach: 20.4 mi
- Stone Lake Beach: 23.9 mi
- Otahnagon Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
- Hardwoods: 12.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
- Orchard Shore Shelters Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
- Michigan Welcome Center 707: 19.6 mi
- Indiana Welcome Center: 22.6 mi
- Builders Association-Elkhart,: 24.5 mi
- St. Joseph North Pier Lighthouse: 21.4 mi
- North Pierhead Light: 21.4 mi
- Artesian Flow: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of McCoy Creek Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlisle Hill | SSW 212° | 280.4 m | 12.4 mi |
| Vargo Hill | S 176° | 270 m | 17.9 mi |
| Reeves Hill | S 177° | 264 m | 17.4 mi |
| Mount Edward | NW 305° | 242 m | 13.4 mi |
| Mount Randall | WNW 298° | 235 m | 13.1 mi |
| Tower Hill | WNW 296° | 233 m | 13.3 mi |
| Pikes Peak | WNW 296° | 229 m | 13.4 mi |
| Mount Fuller | WNW 295° | 227 m | 13.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:50 | 19:21 | 19:58 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:42 | 21:25 |
| September equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:45 |
| December solstice | 08:10 | 16:33 | 17:18 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 53 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Niles, 6 mi away.
- velvetleaf9 obs
- Ebony Jewelwing8 obs
- Spongy Moth7 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty7 obs
- butterfly milkweed6 obs
- cut-leaved toothwort6 obs
- Mallard5 obs
- yellow trout lily5 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/639882002
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