Thurl Cook Park
Thurl Cook Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 226 m. Dias Hill stands 311 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Plainwell Veteran's Memorial, a historic site 0.2 miles away. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sherwood Park: 0.2 mi
- Fannie Pell Park: 0.3 mi
- Hicks Park: 0.4 mi
- Kenyon Park: 0.5 mi
- Darrow Park: 0.6 mi
- Nature's Playground: 6.4 mi
- South Street: 11.2 mi
- Kalamazoo Mall: 11.2 mi
- Celery Flats Interpretive Center: 16.6 mi
- Jumping Pillow: 17.0 mi
- Consumers Power Prairie: 2.9 mi
- Mildred Harris Sanctuary: 7.5 mi
- Sand Creek Preserve: 8.6 mi
- Bow in the Clouds Preserve: 9.9 mi
- West Douglas Neighborhood Park: 10.4 mi
- Plainwell Veteran's Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Orangeville Veterans' Memorial: 9.5 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr.: 10.8 mi
- Rose Park Veteran's Memorial: 11.0 mi
- Burdick Street: 11.1 mi
- Otsego Area Historical Society: 3.2 mi
- Kalamazoo Valley Museum: 11.0 mi
- Kalamazoo Valley Community College Center for New Media Art Museum: 11.1 mi
- Gilmore Car Museum: 11.1 mi
- Bernard Historical Museum: 11.3 mi
- Oranges: 11.0 mi
- Western Michigan University Seal: 11.4 mi
- The Committee: 11.4 mi
- Untitled: 11.4 mi
- The Professor: 11.5 mi
- The Hogback: 12.4 mi
- Baird Hill: 12.8 mi
- Graves Hill: 14.4 mi
- Beach Hill: 20.3 mi
- Prospect Hill: 21.4 mi
- Bell's Beer Garden: 10.9 mi
- God's Garden: 19.4 mi
- Middleville Community Gardens: 20.1 mi
- Community Garden: 24.8 mi
- Alamo Rest Area 709: 6.5 mi
- Galesburg Rest Area: 15.7 mi
- Battle Creek Rest Area: 24.8 mi
- Fishing Beach: 20.2 mi
- Willard Beach: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Thurl Cook Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dias Hill | N 358° | 311 m | 24.1 mi |
| Baird Hill | NE 37° | 294 m | 12.8 mi |
| The Hogback | E 80° | 282 m | 12.4 mi |
| Graves Hill | NNE 33° | 280 m | 14.4 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SW 217° | 244 m | 21.4 mi |
| Beach Hill | NW 313° | 242 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:18 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:41 | 21:24 |
| September equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 08:10 | 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 | 23 | 24 | 34 | 46 | 57 | 67 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 29 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Allegan 5NE, 12 mi away.
- Common Watersnake6 obs
- common milkweed6 obs
- Monarch6 obs
- Northern Map Turtle5 obs
- red deadnettle4 obs
- garlic mustard4 obs
- common motherwort4 obs
- American Toad4 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/492209567
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