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Watkins Memorial Park

Watkins Memorial Park from directly overhead

Watkins Memorial Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 209 m. Carlisle Hill stands 280 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Carver Park, a park 0.5 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 7.7 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
209 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Village of Three Oaks
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.79577, -86.61878
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Carver Park: 0.5 mi
  • Chamberlain Path: 0.6 mi
  • Dewey Cannon Park: 0.7 mi
  • Dillard Park: 1.0 mi
  • Harbert Community Park: 5.4 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 35
  • First Church Camp (water tank): 9.3 mi
  • First Church Camp: 9.3 mi
  • 'First Church Camp' Ruins: 9.3 mi
  • War Memorial: 13.6 mi
  • Civil War Monument: 15.0 mi
Attractions: 35
Peaks: 34
Museums: 33
Artworks: 29
  • La Porte History Mural: 13.7 mi
  • Potawatomi Warrior: 13.8 mi
  • Duet: 15.2 mi
  • The Globe: 17.4 mi
  • Legacy of Leadership Sculpture: 17.6 mi
Gardens: 18
Beaches: 15
  • New Buffalo Public Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Weko Beach: 10.2 mi
  • Stone Lake Beach: 13.9 mi
  • Stop 7 Beach: 14.3 mi
  • Stop 2 Beach: 14.7 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
  • Otahnagon Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
  • Hardwoods: 10.8 mi
  • Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Lake View: 20.9 mi
  • Orchard Shore Shelters Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Michigan Welcome Center 707: 6.7 mi
  • Indiana Welcome Center: 9.9 mi
  • Rest Area Trucks Only: 21.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • 1 Foot Falls: 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carlisle HillSE 144°280.4 m10.9 mi
Vargo HillSE 139°270 m21.5 mi
Reeves HillSE 139°264 m20.8 mi
Mount EdwardNNE 11°242 m9.7 mi
Mount RandallN 9°235 m7.9 mi
Tower HillN 7°233 m7.6 mi
Pikes PeakN 6°229 m7.6 mi
Mount FullerN 5°227 m7.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5119:2219:59
June solstice06:1220:4321:26
September equinox07:3519:0919:46
December solstice08:1116:3417:19

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242837496069737265534030
Precip in3.02.52.73.84.34.44.04.23.44.13.22.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laporte, 14 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Purple Martin28 obs
  • Tree Swallow16 obs
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove9 obs
  • Trumpeter Swan8 obs
  • Fish Crow7 obs
  • Bonaparte's Gull7 obs
  • Bufflehead6 obs
  • Savannah Sparrow6 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/760786906

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