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Sunnyside Park

Sunnyside Park from directly overhead

Sunnyside 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 Jackson Street Dock, a park 0.6 miles away. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates43.08833, -86.20215

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Jackson Street Dock: 0.6 mi
  • Whistlestop Playground: 0.8 mi
  • Water Tower Park: 0.8 mi
  • Alden Street End Park: 0.8 mi
  • Tanglefoot Park: 0.9 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves: 38
Artworks: 33
Museums: 22
  • Midwest Miniatures Museum: 2.2 mi
  • Tri-Cities Historical Museum: 2.2 mi
  • Gillette Visitor Center: 3.9 mi
  • Community Archive and Research Center: 4.4 mi
  • James Jackson Museum of African American History: 8.1 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Lakeside Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Harbour Towne Beach: 11.6 mi
  • Sunset Beach: 12.7 mi
  • Riley Beach: 18.1 mi
  • Duck Lake State Park Beach: 20.1 mi
Springs: 4
  • Headwaters: 22.2 mi
  • Marl Springs: 22.5 mi
  • Shrew Springs: 23.0 mi
  • Eagle Springs: 23.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Fruitport Rest Area 502: 5.2 mi
  • Muskegon Rest Area 501: 18.5 mi
  • Zeeland Rest Area 528: 22.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Fairchild Park: 10.3 mi
  • The Pines: 10.3 mi
  • Leader's Patio: 24.1 mi
Peaks: 2
Gardens: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bettes Tower HillENE 79°260 m24.0 mi
BaldyS 180°233 m23.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2019:57
June solstice06:0620:4521:29
September equinox07:3319:0719:44
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.

  • Mute Swan34 obs
  • Mallard32 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel28 obs
  • Great Blue Heron21 obs
  • Bald Eagle20 obs
  • Northern Cardinal18 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant16 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird15 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/470185754

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