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Valley Field

Valley Field from directly overhead

Valley Field is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 207 m. Dias Hill stands 311 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Sullivan Field, a park 0.1 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.97709, -85.70140

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sullivan Field: 0.1 mi
  • Nagold Park: 0.4 mi
  • Lincoln Park: 0.6 mi
  • Covell Park: 0.8 mi
  • Sibley School Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks
  • Fish Ladder Sculpture: 1.3 mi
  • Lorrie's Button: 1.4 mi
  • Man in Space: 1.4 mi
  • Gerald R Ford: 1.4 mi
  • ArtPost Grand Valley State University (GVSU) Pew Campus: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves: 36
Museums: 25
Historic sites: 21
Attractions: 15
  • Boynton's Landing: 5.8 mi
  • Hilltop Stop: 10.6 mi
  • Boulder Jump: 10.7 mi
  • Sawtooth Drop: 10.8 mi
  • Wynalda Flow Trails Hub: 11.1 mi
Gardens: 13
Peaks: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Rockford Rest Area 525: 12.5 mi
  • Zeeland Rest Area 528: 15.6 mi
  • Fruitport Rest Area 502: 21.6 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Millennium Park Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Fishing Beach: 22.1 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Area: 1.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dias HillSSE 168°311 m12.7 mi
Cheney HillsNNE 28°291 m21.3 mi
Bettes Tower HillN 352°260 m12.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:1819:55
June solstice06:0520:4321:26
September equinox07:3119:0519:42
December solstice08:1216:2617:12

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, 5 mi away.

  • Monarch84 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider73 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel71 obs
  • Mallard70 obs
  • common motherwort64 obs
  • common milkweed55 obs
  • Canada Goose53 obs
  • American Robin53 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/220477191

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