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Walsh Field

Walsh Field from directly overhead

Walsh Field is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 253 m. Dixon Hall stands 332 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Kimball House Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
253 m

What to expect

Operated by
Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalamazoo

How to reach it

Coordinates42.31867, -85.17419

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Linear Park: 0.3 mi
  • Monument Park: 0.3 mi
  • Sam J. Stellrecht Park: 0.4 mi
  • Friendship Park: 0.4 mi
  • Mill Race Park: 0.4 mi
Attractions: 45
  • Full Blast: 0.6 mi
  • 2nd Stream: 7.2 mi
  • Harmonia: 7.2 mi
  • 1st Stream: 7.3 mi
  • Harmonia Again: 7.3 mi
Museums: 18
Artworks: 15
  • Sojourner Truth Memorial: 0.3 mi
  • Friendship Park Stone Marker: 0.4 mi
  • The Creek: 0.4 mi
  • Compass Pole Monument: 0.7 mi
  • Wind-Driven Rotating Mobile: 0.7 mi
Historic sites: 11
Rest areas: 5
Peaks: 5
Gardens: 4
Beaches: 1
  • Willard Beach: 2.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dixon HallSSE 155°332 m16.0 mi
Jerusalem HillsENE 78°297 m23.8 mi
Baird HillNW 320°294 m24.8 mi
Stony Point HillSSE 154°286 m17.7 mi
The HogbackNW 314°282 m15.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:1619:53
June solstice06:0520:3921:22
September equinox07:2919:0319:40
December solstice08:0716:2617:12

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242636485969737164524030
Precip in1.61.21.72.93.73.43.43.43.23.62.11.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Battle Creek Kellogg AP, 4 mi away.

  • Oriental Beetle10 obs
  • American Toad9 obs
  • Cooper's Hawk8 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel7 obs
  • common milkweed7 obs
  • Monarch7 obs
  • red deadnettle7 obs
  • Leopard Slug7 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/1017432380

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