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Van Raalte Farm City Park

Van Raalte Farm City Park from directly overhead

Van Raalte Farm City Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 195 m. Dias Hill stands 311 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Holland Heights Park, a park 0.6 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.77964, -86.06251

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Holland Heights Park: 0.6 mi
  • Morningside Park: 0.7 mi
  • Blacktop Playground and Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
  • Adams Street Landing: 1.3 mi
  • Paw Paw Park: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves: 44
Historic sites: 27
Museums: 21
Attractions: 15
Beaches: 11
Gardens: 8
Peaks: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Saugatuck Rest Area 727: 7.4 mi
  • Zeeland Rest Area 528: 7.5 mi
  • Glenn Rest Area 726: 20.6 mi
  • Fruitport Rest Area 502: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Area: 22.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dias HillE 87°311 m20.9 mi
Beach HillSE 143°242 m11.3 mi
BaldyWSW 251°233 m7.6 mi
Mount BaldheadSW 222°233 m11.1 mi
Pelican PeakSW 228°221 m9.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4819:1919:57
June solstice06:0720:4421:27
September equinox07:3219:0619:43
December solstice08:1216:2817:14

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262736475868727063524132
Precip in1.91.82.13.53.83.42.83.13.04.23.22.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Holland Tulip City AP, 3 mi away.

  • American Robin23 obs
  • Eastern Boxelder Bug18 obs
  • poison hemlock13 obs
  • Gray's sedge12 obs
  • Green Cone-headed Planthopper11 obs
  • cutleaf coneflower11 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird10 obs
  • purple loosestrife10 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/202740908

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