Thurston Woods Park
Thurston Woods Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 288 m. Bald Hill stands 334 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Pioneer Park, a park 0.4 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 25 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 25.4 mi off the The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Pioneer Park: 0.4 mi
- Shadowlawn Park: 0.9 mi
- Free Church Park: 0.9 mi
- Langrick Street Park: 0.9 mi
- Old Depot Park: 1.0 mi
- Lee Lake Public Access: 2.3 mi
- Sauk Indian Trail Prairie Plant Preserve: 5.5 mi
- LaGrange County Nature Preserve: 13.1 mi
- Ropchan Wildlife Refuge: 14.8 mi
- White Pigeon River: 15.4 mi
- Sturgis Historical Society Museum: 0.9 mi
- Shipshewana Area Historical: 12.6 mi
- Menno-Hof: 13.2 mi
- Sue Silliman House Museum: 15.1 mi
- Middlebury Community Historical: 18.2 mi
- Colon Mountain: 9.7 mi
- Knob Hill: 10.9 mi
- Hell's Point: 21.1 mi
- Mount Misery: 21.8 mi
- Sand Hill: 22.2 mi
- Wahbememe Historical Monument: 13.4 mi
- Dr. David Rogers: 17.2 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps Camp: 20.4 mi
- Steuben County Soldier's Monument: 23.9 mi
- Fort Cooper: 24.2 mi
- Mushroom garden: 14.3 mi
- People's Plot: 14.4 mi
- People's Plot: 14.4 mi
- Bonneyville Herb Garden: 19.6 mi
- Bonneyville Mill Trail Garden: 19.6 mi
- Rest Area Trucks Only: 14.1 mi
- Coldwater Welcome Center 716: 21.2 mi
- Pigeon Creek Welcome Center: 23.6 mi
- Wall Lake Beach: 11.6 mi
- Dallas Lake Beach: 17.9 mi
- Branch: 19.8 mi
- John Yoder Memorial Sculpture: 23.7 mi
- Leo J. Burch Park: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Thurston Woods Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Hill | WNW 295° | 334 m | 23.9 mi |
| Sand Hill | SSE 156° | 328 m | 22.2 mi |
| Hell's Point | ESE 107° | 326 m | 21.1 mi |
| Mount Misery | WNW 298° | 317 m | 21.8 mi |
| Knob Hill | SSE 167° | 316 m | 10.9 mi |
| The Knobs | SSW 197° | 292 m | 23.1 mi |
| Colon Mountain | N 10° | 287 m | 9.7 mi |
| Mt. Pumpkin | WSW 237° | 287 m | 23.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:17 | 19:54 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:38 | 21:21 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 08:06 | 16:30 | 17:14 |
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 | 36 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lagrange, 11 mi away.
- butterfly milkweed4 obs
- hoary vervain4 obs
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak3 obs
- common yarrow3 obs
- great mullein3 obs
- Asian bittersweet3 obs
- Lance-leaved Coreopsis3 obs
- swamp milkweed3 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/225638630
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