Michigan State University Cooperative Extension
Michigan State University Cooperative Extension is a garden in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 235 m. Dias Hill stands 311 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Hillcrest Park, a park 0.7 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Michigan State University
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Hillcrest Park: 0.7 mi
- Fuller Park: 0.8 mi
- Ball Perkins Park: 0.9 mi
- Eastern Park: 0.9 mi
- Fulton Street Farmers Market: 1.1 mi
- Grand Rapids Project X: 1.8 mi
- Helen J Claytor: 2.0 mi
- Conversations: 2.0 mi
- Virgin Mary: 2.1 mi
- Imagine That: 2.1 mi
- Veterans Nature Trail: 3.0 mi
- Buiten Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.1 mi
- Brian Dyk Nature Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Knapp Corner Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Carl Creek Wetlands Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Caulkins Law Office: 2.0 mi
- Grand Rapids Children's Museum: 2.1 mi
- Meyer May House: 2.1 mi
- Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives: 2.2 mi
- Grand Rapids Art Museum: 2.2 mi
- The Castle: 1.8 mi
- Sang Yoon: 1.9 mi
- The Hiker: 1.9 mi
- Bust of A. Lincoln: 2.0 mi
- Kent County Civil War Monument: 2.1 mi
- Hillcrest Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Winchester Garden: 1.8 mi
- Zen-Style Garden: 2.3 mi
- Bonsai Garden: 2.3 mi
- Heirloom Vegetable Patch: 2.5 mi
- Boynton's Landing: 9.1 mi
- Hilltop Stop: 9.3 mi
- Sawtooth Drop: 9.3 mi
- Boulder Jump: 9.4 mi
- Wynalda Flow Trails Hub: 9.6 mi
- Buena Vista Hill: 6.6 mi
- Dias Hill: 12.5 mi
- Bettes Tower Hill: 13.5 mi
- Cheney Hills: 19.9 mi
- Rockford Rest Area 525: 11.4 mi
- Zeeland Rest Area 528: 18.4 mi
- Saranac Rest Area 532: 24.8 mi
- Millennium Park Beach: 6.7 mi
- Fishing Beach: 20.3 mi
- Ada Covered Bridge: 7.5 mi
- Fallasburg Covered Bridge: 15.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
- Charleston: 15.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Michigan State University Cooperative Extension. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dias Hill | S 185° | 311 m | 12.5 mi |
| Cheney Hills | NNE 19° | 291 m | 19.9 mi |
| Bettes Tower Hill | NNW 337° | 260 m | 13.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:17 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:43 | 21:26 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 08:11 | 16:25 | 17:11 |
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 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Grand Rapids, 3 mi away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee145 obs
- common buckthorn102 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee97 obs
- Western Honey Bee85 obs
- purple loosestrife85 obs
- Monarch79 obs
- common milkweed77 obs
- eastern redbud74 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/526338975
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