Water Tower Park
Water Tower Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 235 m. Bald Hill stands 334 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is James E Heddon Park, a park 0.5 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 22 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Dowagiac
How to reach it
- 21.8 mi off the The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- James E Heddon Park: 0.5 mi
- Beckwith Park: 0.7 mi
- Rotary Park: 0.9 mi
- Rudolphi Park: 0.9 mi
- Farr Park: 1.0 mi
- Riley-Shurte Woods Nature Sanctuary: 3.6 mi
- Dowagiac Woods Nature Sanctuary: 4.6 mi
- Wilding Plant Preserve: 9.5 mi
- Love Creek County Park: 11.0 mi
- Webster Lake State Game Area: 12.0 mi
- Dowagiac Museum: 0.6 mi
- Heddon Museum: 1.0 mi
- Southwestern Michigan College Museum: 1.9 mi
- Old Rugged Cross: 6.7 mi
- Pioneer Log Cabin Museum: 7.2 mi
- Lake of the Woods: 10.4 mi
- Regeneration Sculpture: 13.4 mi
- AU Flower Bed: 13.4 mi
- Wrestlers Sculpture: 13.5 mi
- Corten Steel Sculpture: 13.5 mi
- Herb Garden: 15.4 mi
- Lilac Garden: 15.5 mi
- Memorial Garden: 15.5 mi
- Butterfly Larva Garden: 15.5 mi
- Railway Garden: 15.5 mi
- Sinclair Service Station: 7.0 mi
- Former Ferry Street School Ruins: 13.5 mi
- Fort Saint Joseph Monument: 14.8 mi
- Lawrence Veterans Memorial: 15.9 mi
- War Memorial: 17.5 mi
- Arboretum: 15.2 mi
- Nature Preserve: 15.4 mi
- The Green: 15.4 mi
- Bauer Terrace: 15.5 mi
- Hosta Bowl: 15.5 mi
- Bald Hill: 14.2 mi
- Mount Misery: 16.7 mi
- Prospect Hill: 18.0 mi
- Thunder Mountain: 22.5 mi
- Pleasant Lake East Beach: 13.0 mi
- Lions Beach: 21.7 mi
- Watervliet Rest Area: 15.1 mi
- Builders Association-Elkhart,: 24.8 mi
- St. Joseph North Pier Lighthouse: 22.1 mi
- North Pierhead Light: 22.2 mi
- Artesian Flow: 13.9 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Hill | E 101° | 334 m | 14.2 mi |
| Mount Misery | E 98° | 317 m | 16.7 mi |
| Prospect Hill | NE 36° | 244 m | 18.0 mi |
| Thunder Mountain | NW 325° | 213 m | 22.5 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 | 07:32 | 19:07 | 19:43 |
| 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, 2 mi away.
- common milkweed3 obs
- Wabash Pigtoe3 obs
- American beech2 obs
- Ghost Pipe2 obs
- Eastern Tailed-Blue2 obs
- Virginia bluebells2 obs
- American cancer-root2 obs
- velvetleaf2 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/407506769
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