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Pottawattomie Park

Pottawattomie Park from directly overhead

Pottawattomie Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Bettes Tower Hill stands 260 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Hofma Preserve, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates43.03446, -86.17627

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mercury Park: 1.3 mi
  • Odawa/Battle Point Launch: 1.7 mi
  • Odawa/Battle Point Boat Launch: 1.7 mi
  • River Run Park: 1.8 mi
  • Klempel Park: 2.0 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves: 39
Artworks: 30
Museums: 19
  • Community Archive and Research Center: 2.0 mi
  • Midwest Miniatures Museum: 3.2 mi
  • Tri-Cities Historical Museum: 3.4 mi
  • Gillette Visitor Center: 7.5 mi
  • James Jackson Museum of African American History: 12.1 mi
Beaches: 12
Rest areas: 4
  • Fruitport Rest Area 502: 5.6 mi
  • Zeeland Rest Area 528: 19.2 mi
  • Muskegon Rest Area 501: 22.4 mi
  • Saugatuck Rest Area 727: 22.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Fairchild Park: 14.0 mi
  • The Pines: 14.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
Peaks: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Gardens: 2
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bettes Tower HillENE 69°260 m23.8 mi
BaldyS 184°233 m20.1 mi
Pelican PeakS 183°221 m24.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2019:57
June solstice06:0620:4521:28
September equinox07:3319:0619:44
December solstice08:1416:2717:13

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262634455767716963514031
Precip in2.82.02.33.73.83.53.63.13.43.73.12.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grand Haven Wwtp, 2 mi away.

  • Red-winged Blackbird38 obs
  • Common Watersnake30 obs
  • eastern hemlock27 obs
  • pickerelweed26 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander25 obs
  • Canada mayflower25 obs
  • Beechdrops19 obs
  • swamp rose19 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/469589884

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