Prairie View County Park
Prairie View County Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 263 m. Bald Hill stands 334 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Schrier Park, a park 1.3 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 263 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Schrier Park: 1.3 mi
- Lakeview Park: 2.2 mi
- Swan Park: 2.2 mi
- Austin Lake Public Access: 2.3 mi
- South Westnedge Park: 2.4 mi
- Year Round Golf: 3.0 mi
- Leo J. Burch Park: 3.8 mi
- Celery Flats Interpretive Center: 4.0 mi
- South Street: 9.5 mi
- Kalamazoo Mall: 9.5 mi
- Eliason Nature Reserve: 1.9 mi
- Bishop's Bog Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Justin's Marsh: 2.0 mi
- Spring Creek State Game Area: 6.2 mi
- Brewer Woods Nature Sanctuary: 6.6 mi
- Vicksburg Historical Society: 3.3 mi
- Flight Innovation Center: 5.4 mi
- Air Zoo: 5.5 mi
- Kalamazoo Valley Community College Center for New Media Art Museum: 9.6 mi
- Kalamazoo Valley Museum: 9.7 mi
- Giraffa Camelopardalis: 8.2 mi
- Bird Effigy: 8.9 mi
- The Professor: 9.1 mi
- Untitled: 9.2 mi
- The Committee: 9.2 mi
- Dr. Nathan Thomas House: 3.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Western W: 9.1 mi
- The Upjohn Company: 9.6 mi
- Burdick Street: 9.6 mi
- God's Garden: 1.3 mi
- Bell's Beer Garden: 9.9 mi
- People's Plot: 15.3 mi
- People's Plot: 15.3 mi
- Mushroom garden: 15.3 mi
- Prospect Hill: 16.1 mi
- Mount Misery: 16.9 mi
- Colon Mountain: 18.0 mi
- Bald Hill: 18.7 mi
- The Hogback: 24.4 mi
- Galesburg Rest Area: 10.9 mi
- Alamo Rest Area 709: 14.5 mi
- Battle Creek Rest Area: 20.1 mi
- Willard Beach: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Prairie View County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Hill | SW 222° | 334 m | 18.7 mi |
| Mount Misery | SW 216° | 317 m | 16.9 mi |
| Colon Mountain | SE 143° | 287 m | 18.0 mi |
| The Hogback | NNE 23° | 282 m | 24.4 mi |
| Prospect Hill | WNW 282° | 244 m | 16.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:18 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:40 | 21:23 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:05 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 08:08 | 16:29 | 17:14 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 52 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kalamazoo Battle Creek Intl AP, 6 mi away.
- spoonleaf sundew60 obs
- pink lady's slipper44 obs
- tamarack38 obs
- round-leaved sundew34 obs
- Monarch23 obs
- mayapple17 obs
- Ghost Pipe16 obs
- common motherwort13 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/290455288
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