Shafter Park
Shafter Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 245 m. Dixon Hall stands 332 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Ike Payne Park, a park 0.6 miles away. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Galesburg
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Ike Payne Park: 0.6 mi
- Galesburg Community Park: 0.9 mi
- River Oaks County Park: 1.5 mi
- Morrow Lake Public Access: 2.0 mi
- Robert Morris Park: 2.6 mi
- Chipman Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Oak Braes Nature Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Fred McLinden Nature Trails: 3.3 mi
- KEKA Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Bow in the Clouds Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Old Silo: 3.8 mi
- Camel Humps: 4.8 mi
- Rocks & Roots: 4.8 mi
- Cardiac Bypass: 4.9 mi
- Big Meadow: 5.0 mi
- Overlook Museum: 7.4 mi
- Air Zoo: 7.7 mi
- Kalamazoo Valley Community College Center for New Media Art Museum: 7.8 mi
- Kalamazoo Valley Museum: 7.9 mi
- Flight Innovation Center: 8.0 mi
- Oranges: 7.8 mi
- Giraffa Camelopardalis: 8.3 mi
- Untitled: 8.6 mi
- Western Michigan University Seal: 9.4 mi
- Bird Effigy: 9.5 mi
- Rose Park Veteran's Memorial: 7.3 mi
- The Upjohn Company: 7.8 mi
- Art Deco: 7.8 mi
- Burdick Street: 7.9 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr.: 8.0 mi
- The Hogback: 12.9 mi
- Baird Hill: 21.0 mi
- Graves Hill: 22.9 mi
- Dixon Hall: 23.6 mi
- Colon Mountain: 24.3 mi
- Galesburg Rest Area: 1.6 mi
- Battle Creek Rest Area: 10.9 mi
- Alamo Rest Area 709: 12.4 mi
- Turkeyville Rest Area 722: 22.5 mi
- Bell's Beer Garden: 7.6 mi
- God's Garden: 12.1 mi
- Community Garden: 13.3 mi
- Willard Beach: 11.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Shafter Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dixon Hall | ESE 122° | 332 m | 23.6 mi |
| Baird Hill | N 352° | 294 m | 21.0 mi |
| Colon Mountain | S 173° | 287 m | 24.3 mi |
| The Hogback | N 8° | 282 m | 12.9 mi |
| Graves Hill | N 353° | 280 m | 22.9 mi |
| Prospect Hill | WSW 255° | 244 m | 24.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:17 | 19:54 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:40 | 21:23 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 08:08 | 16:28 | 17:13 |
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 | 28 | 38 | 49 | 61 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 53 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gull Lake Biological STN, 7 mi away.
- Sundial Lupine15 obs
- red columbine14 obs
- Golden Oyster Mushroom14 obs
- Spongy Moth12 obs
- shining sumac10 obs
- Baltimore Checkerspot9 obs
- American Copper9 obs
- butterfly milkweed8 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1177596827
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