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Mill Race Park

Mill Race Park from directly overhead

Mill Race Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 186 m. Dias Hill stands 311 m to the southeast, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Wedgwood Park, a park 0.5 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.90212, -85.75771

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Abstract Steel Sculpture: 4.2 mi
  • ArtPost Grand Valley State University (GVSU) Seidman Campus: 5.7 mi
  • Rapid Central Bike Parking: 5.8 mi
  • ArtPost Grand Valley State University (GVSU) Pew Campus: 5.9 mi
  • Noahquageshik: 5.9 mi
Museums: 25
Historic sites: 21
Attractions: 17
  • Boynton's Landing: 3.0 mi
  • Hilltop Stop: 16.6 mi
  • Boulder Jump: 16.6 mi
  • Sawtooth Drop: 16.7 mi
  • Wynalda Flow Trails Hub: 17.0 mi
Gardens: 13
Beaches: 9
  • Millennium Park Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Fishing Beach: 20.0 mi
  • Riley Beach: 23.6 mi
  • Idlewood Beach: 24.1 mi
  • Sunset Bluff Beach: 24.2 mi
Peaks: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Zeeland Rest Area 528: 10.2 mi
  • Rockford Rest Area 525: 18.4 mi
  • Fruitport Rest Area 502: 21.7 mi
  • Saugatuck Rest Area 727: 24.9 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dias HillSE 143°311 m9.1 mi
Graves HillSE 144°280 m23.9 mi
Bettes Tower HillN 4°260 m17.6 mi
Beach HillSSW 206°242 m19.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:1819:55
June solstice06:0520:4321:26
September equinox07:3119:0519:42
December solstice08:1216:2617:12

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, 8 mi away.

  • Mallard24 obs
  • dame's rocket17 obs
  • garlic mustard16 obs
  • Canada Goose14 obs
  • ground-ivy14 obs
  • Ailanthus Webworm Moth14 obs
  • American Robin13 obs
  • American pokeweed13 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/590014647

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