Walter Ward Park
Walter Ward Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 230 m. Bald Hill stands 334 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Farr Park, a park 0.7 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 21 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 230 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Dowagiac
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 21.2 mi off the The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Farr Park: 0.7 mi
- Burke Park: 0.8 mi
- Beckwith Park: 0.9 mi
- Northwest Park: 0.9 mi
- Rotary Park: 1.3 mi
- Heddon Museum: 0.9 mi
- Dowagiac Museum: 1.1 mi
- Southwestern Michigan College Museum: 2.1 mi
- Old Rugged Cross: 5.1 mi
- Pioneer Log Cabin Museum: 7.3 mi
- Dowagiac Woods Nature Sanctuary: 3.2 mi
- Riley-Shurte Woods Nature Sanctuary: 4.1 mi
- Wilding Plant Preserve: 7.9 mi
- Love Creek County Park: 9.6 mi
- Webster Lake State Game Area: 10.4 mi
- Lake of the Woods: 11.9 mi
- Regeneration Sculpture: 12.1 mi
- AU Flower Bed: 12.1 mi
- Wrestlers Sculpture: 12.1 mi
- Corten Steel Sculpture: 12.2 mi
- Sinclair Service Station: 7.2 mi
- Former Ferry Street School Ruins: 11.9 mi
- Fort Saint Joseph Monument: 13.3 mi
- War Memorial: 15.8 mi
- Freedom Memorial: 16.7 mi
- Herb Garden: 13.8 mi
- Lilac Garden: 13.8 mi
- Memorial Garden: 13.9 mi
- Butterfly Larva Garden: 13.9 mi
- Railway Garden: 13.9 mi
- Arboretum: 13.6 mi
- Nature Preserve: 13.8 mi
- The Green: 13.8 mi
- Bauer Terrace: 13.8 mi
- Hosta Bowl: 13.8 mi
- Bald Hill: 15.3 mi
- Mount Misery: 17.8 mi
- Prospect Hill: 19.6 mi
- Thunder Mountain: 22.6 mi
- Mount Edward: 23.8 mi
- Pleasant Lake East Beach: 12.1 mi
- Lions Beach: 20.9 mi
- Weko Beach: 23.8 mi
- Watervliet Rest Area: 15.4 mi
- Builders Association-Elkhart,: 24.2 mi
- St. Joseph North Pier Lighthouse: 21.4 mi
- North Pierhead Light: 21.5 mi
- Artesian Flow: 14.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Walter Ward Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Hill | E 96° | 334 m | 15.3 mi |
| Mount Misery | E 95° | 317 m | 17.8 mi |
| Prospect Hill | NE 37° | 244 m | 19.6 mi |
| Mount Edward | W 263° | 242 m | 23.8 mi |
| Mount Randall | W 260° | 235 m | 24.7 mi |
| Great Warren Dune | W 262° | 225 m | 24.1 mi |
| Thunder Mountain | NNW 329° | 213 m | 22.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:20 | 19:57 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 20:42 | 21:24 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 08:10 | 16:32 | 17:17 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 35 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dowagiac 1 W, under a mile away.
- common milkweed4 obs
- Ghost Pipe3 obs
- American cancer-root3 obs
- Wabash Pigtoe3 obs
- Common Box Turtle2 obs
- butterfly milkweed2 obs
- chicken of the woods2 obs
- Eastern Tailed-Blue2 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/618974641
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