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Willard Beach Park

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Willard Beach Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 279 m. Dixon Hall stands 332 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Willard Beach, a beach 0.2 miles away. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
279 m

What to expect

Operated by
City of Battle Creek

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.29025, -85.20490

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Riverside Park: 0.7 mi
  • South Gate Park: 1.3 mi
  • McCrea Park: 1.4 mi
  • Meachem Park: 1.7 mi
  • Prospect Park: 1.7 mi
Attractions: 45
  • Full Blast: 2.1 mi
  • Switchback: 6.1 mi
  • 2nd Stream: 6.1 mi
  • No Fear Chute: 6.2 mi
  • 1st Stream: 6.2 mi
Museums: 17
Artworks: 14
  • Sojourner Truth Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • The Creek: 2.3 mi
  • Wind-Driven Rotating Mobile: 2.4 mi
  • Friendship Park Stone Marker: 2.4 mi
  • Compass Pole Monument: 2.4 mi
Historic sites: 12
Rest areas: 5
Gardens: 3
  • Community Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Bell's Beer Garden: 19.1 mi
  • God's Garden: 21.7 mi
Peaks: 3
Beaches: 1
  • Willard Beach: 0.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dixon HallSE 146°332 m15.0 mi
Stony Point HillSE 146°286 m16.8 mi
The HogbackNW 323°282 m16.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:1619:53
June solstice06:0520:3921:22
September equinox07:2919:0319:40
December solstice08:0716:2717:12

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242636485969737164524030
Precip in1.61.21.72.93.73.43.43.43.23.62.11.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Battle Creek Kellogg AP, 2 mi away.

  • Trumpeter Swan6 obs
  • American pokeweed6 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade5 obs
  • Ailanthus Webworm Moth5 obs
  • Blue Jay4 obs
  • American Robin4 obs
  • Groundhog4 obs
  • common milkweed4 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/468454039

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