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Water Tower Park

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Water Tower Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 186 m. Bettes Tower Hill stands 260 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunnyside Park, a park 0.8 miles away. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates43.09788, -86.19350

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sunnyside Park: 0.8 mi
  • Jackson Street Dock: 1.2 mi
  • Alden Street End Park: 1.3 mi
  • Whistlestop Playground: 1.5 mi
  • Rycenga Park: 1.5 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves: 39
Artworks: 33
Museums: 22
  • Midwest Miniatures Museum: 3.0 mi
  • Tri-Cities Historical Museum: 3.0 mi
  • Gillette Visitor Center: 4.0 mi
  • Community Archive and Research Center: 5.2 mi
  • James Jackson Museum of African American History: 7.6 mi
Beaches: 16
  • Lakeside Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Harbour Towne Beach: 11.3 mi
  • Sunset Beach: 11.9 mi
  • Riley Beach: 18.8 mi
  • Duck Lake State Park Beach: 19.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • Headwaters: 21.6 mi
  • Marl Springs: 21.9 mi
  • Shrew Springs: 22.3 mi
  • Eagle Springs: 23.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Fruitport Rest Area 502: 4.8 mi
  • Muskegon Rest Area 501: 18.0 mi
  • Zeeland Rest Area 528: 23.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Fairchild Park: 9.6 mi
  • The Pines: 9.7 mi
  • Leader's Patio: 23.4 mi
Peaks: 2
Gardens: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bettes Tower HillE 80°260 m23.5 mi
BaldyS 181°233 m24.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2019:57
June solstice06:0620:4521:29
September equinox07:3319:0719:44
December solstice08:1416:2717:13

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262634455767716963514031
Precip in2.82.02.33.73.83.53.63.13.43.73.12.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grand Haven Wwtp, 3 mi away.

  • Mallard29 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel27 obs
  • Mute Swan22 obs
  • Northern Cardinal17 obs
  • Bald Eagle15 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird13 obs
  • American Robin13 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail13 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/710385323

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