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Wade Park

Wade Park from directly overhead

Wade Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 250 m. Bald Hill stands 334 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Wahbememe Historical Monument, a historic site 1.1 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 18 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.79891, -85.64052

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums: 20
  • Shipshewana Area Historical: 8.9 mi
  • Middlebury Community Historical: 9.1 mi
  • Menno-Hof: 9.4 mi
  • Sue Silliman House Museum: 10.0 mi
  • Elkhart County Historical Museum: 10.7 mi
Gardens: 15
Historic sites: 9
  • Wahbememe Historical Monument: 1.1 mi
  • Time Capsule 2027: 18.5 mi
  • Dr. David Rogers: 18.6 mi
  • Elkhart Police&Fire Department Memorial: 18.7 mi
  • Havilah Beardsley Monument: 18.9 mi
Picnic sites: 9
Peaks: 8
Artworks: 7
Attractions: 3
  • Confluence of The Little Elkhart and St. Joseph Rivers: 18.7 mi
  • Leo J. Burch Park: 22.0 mi
  • Year Round Golf: 23.0 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Dallas Lake Beach: 20.6 mi
  • Pleasant Lake East Beach: 22.9 mi
  • Wall Lake Beach: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area Trucks Only: 3.7 mi
  • Builders Association-Elkhart,: 19.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillNW 318°334 m14.1 mi
Mount MiseryNNW 327°317 m12.8 mi
Knob HillSE 124°316 m17.9 mi
Buzzard HillSSW 202°300 m24.8 mi
The KnobsSSE 166°292 m22.3 mi
Mt. PumpkinSSW 211°287 m14.6 mi
Colon MountainNE 54°287 m17.1 mi
Sugar HillS 189°273 m21.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:1819:55
June solstice06:0920:3921:22
September equinox07:3119:0519:42
December solstice08:0716:3117:15

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475968717063513929
Precip in2.82.12.33.44.44.14.03.93.63.73.02.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Three Rivers, 9 mi away.

  • Tailed Cellar Spider4 obs
  • Northern Rough-winged Swallow1 obs
  • Common Snapping Turtle1 obs
  • White-tailed Deer1 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage1 obs
  • small green wood orchid1 obs
  • Osage-orange1 obs
  • Allegheny monkeyflower1 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/327339013

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