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Veteran's Park

Veteran's Park from directly overhead

Veteran's Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 194 m. Dias Hill stands 311 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is LibraryPark, a park 0.3 miles away. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.86662, -85.86179

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • LibraryPark: 0.3 mi
  • GrandmasPark: 0.4 mi
  • Watertower Sledding Park: 0.8 mi
  • Hughes Park: 0.9 mi
  • Elmwood Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks
  • Transitional Link: 6.8 mi
  • Abstract Steel Sculpture: 9.4 mi
  • ArtPost Grand Valley State University (GVSU) Seidman Campus: 11.3 mi
  • ArtPost Grand Valley State University (GVSU) Pew Campus: 11.4 mi
  • Rapid Central Bike Parking: 11.5 mi
Historic sites: 29
  • Veteran's Plaza: 4.7 mi
  • Jenison Stump Fence: 4.7 mi
  • Sweets Monument: 8.1 mi
  • Howard Stanton Memorial: 8.7 mi
  • Het Waterhuis Historic Pioneer Marker: 10.6 mi
Museums: 29
Attractions: 22
Gardens: 17
Beaches: 12
Peaks: 7
Rest areas: 4
  • Zeeland Rest Area 528: 4.5 mi
  • Saugatuck Rest Area 727: 19.1 mi
  • Fruitport Rest Area 502: 19.7 mi
  • Rockford Rest Area 525: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Covered bridges: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dias HillESE 114°311 m11.8 mi
Bettes Tower HillNNE 18°260 m21.0 mi
Beach HillSSW 193°242 m15.4 mi
BaldyWSW 244°233 m19.3 mi
Mount BaldheadSW 231°233 m22.6 mi
Pelican PeakSW 234°221 m21.4 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, 14 mi away.

  • common pawpaw19 obs
  • large white trillium17 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit16 obs
  • staghorn sumac14 obs
  • American Robin13 obs
  • false rue anemone13 obs
  • bloodroot12 obs
  • autumn olive12 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/462165442

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