Optimist Tot Lot
Optimist Tot Lot is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 187 m. Prospect Hill stands 244 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Hartman Park, a park 0.3 miles away. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of South Haven
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Hartman Park: 0.3 mi
- Dyckman Park: 0.5 mi
- Stanley Johnson Park: 0.6 mi
- Baer Park: 0.6 mi
- Packard Park: 0.8 mi
- Pilgrim Haven Natural Area: 4.0 mi
- Porter Legacy Dunes: 4.2 mi
- Eastman Creek Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Wintergreen Woods: 6.6 mi
- Winterberry Woods: 6.8 mi
- The Mitten Children's Museum: 0.4 mi
- Jensen Annex #2: 0.5 mi
- Jensen Annex #1: 0.5 mi
- USCG South Haven Outbuilding: 0.5 mi
- Padnos Boat Shed: 0.5 mi
- Dyckman Beach: 0.8 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 0.8 mi
- Woodman Beach: 0.9 mi
- North Beach: 1.0 mi
- South Beach: 1.1 mi
- South Haven Lighthouse: 1.3 mi
- Hudson Heritage Farm: 12.8 mi
- Lawrence Veterans Memorial: 16.1 mi
- Douglas Union School: 16.7 mi
- Dr. Asa Goodrich House: 16.7 mi
- Farmers Market Mural: 0.5 mi
- A Moment of Joy: 0.6 mi
- Faust: 0.6 mi
- Saugatuck Totem Pole: 16.8 mi
- Canary in a Coal Mine: 17.6 mi
- Beach and natural area: 4.1 mi
- Hartford Speedway: 14.0 mi
- Star of Saugatuck: 17.8 mi
- Saugatuck Dune Rides: 19.3 mi
- Jumping Pillow: 22.3 mi
- Thunder Mountain: 11.2 mi
- Mount Baldhead: 17.9 mi
- Pelican Peak: 19.5 mi
- Baldy: 23.5 mi
- Prospect Hill: 23.8 mi
- Pride Celebration Garden: 16.7 mi
- Back-In-Time Garden: 16.7 mi
- Saugatuck Center for the Arts Rain Garden: 17.5 mi
- Rose Garden: 17.5 mi
- Glenn Rest Area 726: 7.1 mi
- Watervliet Rest Area: 15.6 mi
- Saugatuck Rest Area 727: 21.2 mi
- St. Joseph North Pier Lighthouse: 23.2 mi
- North Pierhead Light: 23.2 mi
- Artesian Flow: 17.7 mi
- Singapore: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Optimist Tot Lot. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Hill | SE 126° | 244 m | 23.8 mi |
| Beach Hill | NE 45° | 242 m | 23.9 mi |
| Mount Baldhead | N 9° | 233 m | 17.9 mi |
| Baldy | N 7° | 233 m | 23.5 mi |
| Pelican Peak | N 9° | 221 m | 19.5 mi |
| Thunder Mountain | SSW 203° | 213 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:20 | 19:57 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:44 | 21:26 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 08:12 | 16:30 | 17:16 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 37 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 43 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S Haven, 1 mi away.
- Mallard49 obs
- Ring-billed Gull42 obs
- Oriental Beetle19 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel16 obs
- Monarch16 obs
- common milkweed15 obs
- Tan Jumping Spider13 obs
- Double-crested Cormorant13 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/259099628
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