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Sunrise Park

Sunrise Park from directly overhead

Sunrise Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 186 m. Dias Hill stands 311 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Elmwood Park, a park 0.5 miles away. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.88117, -85.84541

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Elmwood Park: 0.5 mi
  • Port Sheldon Sports Complex: 0.7 mi
  • GrandmasPark: 1.2 mi
  • LibraryPark: 1.2 mi
  • Veteran's Park: 1.3 mi
Artworks
  • Transitional Link: 6.1 mi
  • Abstract Steel Sculpture: 8.5 mi
  • ArtPost Grand Valley State University (GVSU) Seidman Campus: 10.1 mi
  • ArtPost Grand Valley State University (GVSU) Pew Campus: 10.2 mi
  • Rapid Central Bike Parking: 10.2 mi
Historic sites: 29
  • Veteran's Plaza: 3.4 mi
  • Jenison Stump Fence: 3.5 mi
  • Sweets Monument: 7.0 mi
  • Howard Stanton Memorial: 7.4 mi
  • Walker Police & Firefighters Memorial: 9.6 mi
Museums: 29
Attractions: 24
Gardens: 17
Beaches: 11
Peaks: 7
Rest areas: 4
  • Zeeland Rest Area 528: 5.7 mi
  • Fruitport Rest Area 502: 19.4 mi
  • Saugatuck Rest Area 727: 20.4 mi
  • Rockford Rest Area 525: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dias HillESE 120°311 m11.5 mi
Bettes Tower HillNNE 16°260 m19.8 mi
Beach HillSSW 195°242 m16.6 mi
BaldyWSW 242°233 m20.5 mi
Mount BaldheadSW 231°233 m23.9 mi
Pelican PeakSW 233°221 m22.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4819:1819:56
June solstice06:0620:4321:26
September equinox07:3119:0519:43
December solstice08:1216:2717:13

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465867716962503929
Precip in2.72.12.64.14.44.03.33.13.53.73.32.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Grand Rapids, 12 mi away.

  • common pawpaw16 obs
  • American pokeweed15 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit15 obs
  • large white trillium13 obs
  • box elder12 obs
  • American Robin11 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel10 obs
  • mayapple10 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/158961141

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