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Wilcox Park

Wilcox Park from directly overhead

Wilcox Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 227 m. Dias Hill stands 311 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Sigsbee Park, a park 0.5 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1911

How to reach it

Coordinates42.95938, -85.63161

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sigsbee Park: 0.5 mi
  • Fulton Street Farmers Market: 0.5 mi
  • Hosken Park: 0.6 mi
  • Hillcrest Park: 0.6 mi
  • Fuller Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves: 34
Museums: 25
Historic sites: 19
Gardens: 13
Attractions: 11
  • Boynton's Landing: 8.7 mi
  • Hilltop Stop: 10.5 mi
  • Sawtooth Drop: 10.5 mi
  • Boulder Jump: 10.6 mi
  • Wynalda Flow Trails Hub: 10.8 mi
Peaks: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Rockford Rest Area 525: 12.6 mi
  • Zeeland Rest Area 528: 17.7 mi
  • Saranac Rest Area 532: 24.5 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Millennium Park Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Fishing Beach: 19.3 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dias HillS 185°311 m11.3 mi
Cheney HillsNNE 18°291 m21.1 mi
Graves HillSSE 162°280 m24.5 mi
Bettes Tower HillNNW 339°260 m14.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:1719:55
June solstice06:0420:4321:26
September equinox07:3019:0419:42
December solstice08:1116:2517:12

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465867716962503929
Precip in2.72.12.64.14.44.03.33.13.53.73.32.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Grand Rapids, 2 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee132 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee89 obs
  • Monarch81 obs
  • Western Honey Bee80 obs
  • eastern redbud64 obs
  • common buckthorn63 obs
  • common milkweed62 obs
  • Black Swallowtail62 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/312340606

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