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McCrea Park

McCrea Park from directly overhead

McCrea Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 280 m. Dixon Hall stands 332 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Meachem Park, a park 0.4 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Battle Creek Recreation Department

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.31001, -85.20352

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Meachem Park: 0.4 mi
  • Prospect Park: 0.5 mi
  • Hamblin Park: 1.0 mi
  • Freedom Park: 1.1 mi
  • Mill Race Park: 1.2 mi
Attractions: 45
  • Full Blast: 1.0 mi
  • 2nd Stream: 5.8 mi
  • 1st Stream: 5.8 mi
  • Switchback: 5.9 mi
  • Harmonia: 5.9 mi
Museums: 17
Artworks: 15
  • Wind-Driven Rotating Mobile: 1.2 mi
  • Compass Pole Monument: 1.2 mi
  • The Creek: 1.2 mi
  • Sojourner Truth Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • Friendship Park Stone Marker: 1.3 mi
Historic sites: 12
Rest areas: 5
Gardens: 4
Peaks: 4
Beaches: 1
  • Willard Beach: 1.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dixon HallSSE 149°332 m16.1 mi
Baird HillNW 324°294 m24.4 mi
Stony Point HillSSE 148°286 m17.9 mi
The HogbackNW 320°282 m15.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:1619:53
June solstice06:0520:3921:22
September equinox07:2919:0319:40
December solstice08:0716:2717:12

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, 2 mi away.

  • common milkweed11 obs
  • Ailanthus Webworm Moth10 obs
  • Trumpeter Swan8 obs
  • Canada Goose7 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade7 obs
  • American Toad7 obs
  • Great Blue Heron6 obs
  • American pokeweed6 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/407520056

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