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Pioneer Park

Pioneer Park from directly overhead

Pioneer Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 284 m. Bald Hill stands 334 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Thurston Woods Park, a park 0.4 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 25 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.80078, -85.40451

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 18
Peaks: 10
Museums: 9
  • Sturgis Historical Society Museum: 0.8 mi
  • Shipshewana Area Historical: 12.3 mi
  • Menno-Hof: 12.9 mi
  • Sue Silliman House Museum: 15.3 mi
  • Middlebury Community Historical: 17.9 mi
Historic sites: 6
  • Wahbememe Historical Monument: 13.3 mi
  • Dr. David Rogers: 16.8 mi
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Camp: 20.4 mi
  • Steuben County Soldier's Monument: 23.8 mi
  • Fort Cooper: 24.0 mi
Gardens: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area Trucks Only: 13.9 mi
  • Coldwater Welcome Center 716: 21.3 mi
  • Pigeon Creek Welcome Center: 23.4 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Wall Lake Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Dallas Lake Beach: 17.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Artworks: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillWNW 296°334 m24.0 mi
Sand HillSSE 155°328 m21.9 mi
Hell's PointESE 106°326 m21.0 mi
Mount MiseryWNW 299°317 m21.8 mi
Knob HillSSE 166°316 m10.6 mi
Baby MountainSSE 161°309 m24.7 mi
The KnobsSSW 197°292 m22.7 mi
Colon MountainN 10°287 m10.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:1719:54
June solstice06:0820:3821:21
September equinox07:3019:0419:41
December solstice08:0616:3017:15

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242636496069727164524029
Precip in2.71.92.53.64.34.13.44.23.13.43.02.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lagrange, 11 mi away.

  • butterfly milkweed4 obs
  • hoary vervain4 obs
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak3 obs
  • common yarrow3 obs
  • Asian bittersweet3 obs
  • Lance-leaved Coreopsis3 obs
  • swamp milkweed3 obs
  • Killdeer2 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/904555472

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