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Moore County Park

Moore County Park from directly overhead

Moore County Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 254 m. Cheney Hills stands 291 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Ball Crek Park, a park 4.6 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates43.26163, -85.81141

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Fruit Ridge Hayrides: 5.8 mi
  • Caboose Museum Exhibit: 8.3 mi
  • Jane's Landing: 13.6 mi
  • Boulder Jump: 15.1 mi
  • Hilltop Stop: 15.3 mi
Artworks
Museums: 23
  • Toledo, Saginaw & Muskegon Railway Depot: 8.3 mi
  • Community House: 8.7 mi
  • Newaygo County Museum and Heritage Center: 10.9 mi
  • Cedar Springs Museum & Historical Society: 13.4 mi
  • Coopersville Historical Museum: 15.0 mi
Nature reserves: 21
Historic sites: 19
  • Newaygo Portland Cement Company: 11.2 mi
  • Walker Police & Firefighters Memorial: 17.5 mi
  • Nunica Stonehenge: 19.0 mi
  • Sweets Monument: 19.4 mi
  • Howard Stanton Memorial: 20.1 mi
Gardens: 8
Beaches: 8
  • Sunset Beach: 15.0 mi
  • Lakeside Beach: 22.6 mi
  • Millennium Park Beach: 22.7 mi
  • Aquatics: 22.9 mi
  • Pirates Cove: 23.2 mi
Peaks: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Rockford Rest Area 525: 13.9 mi
  • Fruitport Rest Area 502: 18.6 mi
  • Morley Rest Area 533: 21.7 mi
  • Muskegon Rest Area 501: 23.2 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • The Pines: 19.4 mi
  • Fairchild Park: 19.5 mi
  • Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
  • Leader's Patio: 24.5 mi
Springs: 4
  • Shrew Springs: 22.6 mi
  • Eagle Springs: 22.8 mi
  • Marl Springs: 23.1 mi
  • Headwaters: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cheney HillsE 93°291 m15.6 mi
Maple HillENE 66°273 m18.2 mi
Bettes Tower HillSSE 152°260 m8.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:1819:56
June solstice06:0420:4421:28
September equinox07:3119:0519:42
December solstice08:1316:2517:11

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534455766706961503829
Precip in2.61.82.63.84.23.83.23.33.14.13.52.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kent City 2 SW, 4 mi away.

  • Bald Eagle2 obs
  • Green Heron1 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk1 obs
  • Common Box Turtle1 obs
  • Wood Turtle1 obs
  • common jewelweed1 obs
  • Polyphemus Moth1 obs
  • purple coneflower1 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/161383875

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