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West Main Park

West Main Park from directly overhead

West Main Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 240 m. Baird Hill stands 294 m to the north-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Tyler Little Tedrow Garden, a park 0.4 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.29177, -85.59427

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions: 33
Museums: 15
Artworks: 14
Historic sites: 11
Gardens: 6
  • Bell's Beer Garden: 0.8 mi
  • God's Garden: 8.5 mi
  • Community Garden: 21.6 mi
  • People's Plot: 24.8 mi
  • People's Plot: 24.8 mi
Peaks: 4
  • The Hogback: 16.3 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 16.3 mi
  • Baird Hill: 21.7 mi
  • Graves Hill: 23.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
Beaches: 1
  • Willard Beach: 19.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baird HillNNE 15°294 m21.7 mi
The HogbackNE 38°282 m16.3 mi
Graves HillNNE 14°280 m23.5 mi
Prospect HillWSW 247°244 m16.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:1819:55
June solstice06:0720:4121:23
September equinox07:3019:0519:41
December solstice08:0916:2817:14

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252737496069737163524030
Precip in1.71.32.03.13.73.23.43.73.33.72.51.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kalamazoo Battle Creek Intl AP, 5 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee225 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel190 obs
  • Western Honey Bee175 obs
  • White-tailed Deer135 obs
  • American Robin125 obs
  • common milkweed123 obs
  • Canada Goose120 obs
  • eastern white pine110 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/758781558

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