Rotary Park
Rotary Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 255 m. Bald Hill stands 334 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Rudolphi Park, a park 0.4 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 21 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 255 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Dowagiac
How to reach it
- 20.9 mi off the The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Rudolphi Park: 0.4 mi
- James E Heddon Park: 0.6 mi
- Beckwith Park: 0.8 mi
- Water Tower Park: 0.9 mi
- Farr Park: 1.0 mi
- Dowagiac Museum: 0.8 mi
- Southwestern Michigan College Museum: 1.0 mi
- Heddon Museum: 1.3 mi
- Old Rugged Cross: 6.0 mi
- Pioneer Log Cabin Museum: 6.4 mi
- Riley-Shurte Woods Nature Sanctuary: 2.9 mi
- Dowagiac Woods Nature Sanctuary: 4.5 mi
- Wilding Plant Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Love Creek County Park: 10.9 mi
- Webster Lake State Game Area: 11.7 mi
- Lake of the Woods: 11.1 mi
- Hybrid Form, Number 2: 13.1 mi
- Regeneration Sculpture: 13.4 mi
- AU Flower Bed: 13.4 mi
- Wrestlers Sculpture: 13.4 mi
- Herb Garden: 15.0 mi
- Lilac Garden: 15.0 mi
- Memorial Garden: 15.0 mi
- Butterfly Larva Garden: 15.1 mi
- Railway Garden: 15.1 mi
- Sinclair Service Station: 6.3 mi
- Former Ferry Street School Ruins: 12.8 mi
- Fort Saint Joseph Monument: 14.1 mi
- Lawrence Veterans Memorial: 16.8 mi
- War Memorial: 16.9 mi
- Arboretum: 14.8 mi
- Nature Preserve: 15.0 mi
- The Green: 15.0 mi
- Bauer Terrace: 15.0 mi
- Hosta Bowl: 15.0 mi
- Bald Hill: 14.0 mi
- Mount Misery: 16.5 mi
- Prospect Hill: 18.8 mi
- Thunder Mountain: 23.3 mi
- Pleasant Lake East Beach: 12.1 mi
- Lions Beach: 22.1 mi
- Watervliet Rest Area: 15.9 mi
- Builders Association-Elkhart,: 23.9 mi
- St. Joseph North Pier Lighthouse: 22.6 mi
- North Pierhead Light: 22.6 mi
- Artesian Flow: 14.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rotary Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Hill | E 97° | 334 m | 14.0 mi |
| Mount Misery | E 95° | 317 m | 16.5 mi |
| Prospect Hill | NE 34° | 244 m | 18.8 mi |
| Thunder Mountain | NNW 326° | 213 m | 23.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:20 | 19:57 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 20:42 | 21:24 |
| September equinox | 07:32 | 19:07 | 19:43 |
| December solstice | 08:10 | 16:32 | 17:17 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 35 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dowagiac 1 W, 2 mi away.
- common milkweed4 obs
- garlic mustard3 obs
- American cancer-root3 obs
- Silver-spotted Skipper3 obs
- Wabash Pigtoe3 obs
- American beech2 obs
- Ghost Pipe2 obs
- Red Clover2 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/553191576
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