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River Bluff Park

River Bluff Park from directly overhead

River Bluff Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 178 m. Beach Hill stands 242 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Canary in a Coal Mine, a artwork 0.4 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
178 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.65064, -86.18419

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Wade's Bayou Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
  • Beery Field: 0.9 mi
  • Union Street Launching Site: 1.0 mi
  • Coghlin Park: 1.0 mi
  • Jones Park: 1.1 mi
Artworks: 33
Museums: 17
Beaches: 14
  • Oval Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Douglas Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Ridgewood Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Macatawa Park Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Ottawa Beach: 8.7 mi
Historic sites: 11
Attractions: 10
Gardens: 6
Peaks: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Saugatuck Rest Area 727: 3.8 mi
  • Glenn Rest Area 726: 10.3 mi
  • Zeeland Rest Area 528: 17.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beach HillE 91°242 m13.0 mi
Mount BaldheadWNW 300°233 m1.5 mi
BaldyN 351°233 m6.5 mi
Pelican PeakNNW 337°221 m2.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2019:57
June solstice06:0820:4421:27
September equinox07:3319:0719:44
December solstice08:1216:2917:15

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262736475868727063524132
Precip in1.91.82.13.53.83.42.83.13.04.23.22.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Holland Tulip City AP, 8 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer70 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull42 obs
  • Mallard36 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel30 obs
  • sassafras27 obs
  • Monarch26 obs
  • common milkweed23 obs
  • eastern hemlock21 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/589543733

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