Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park
Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park is a museum in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 247 m. Dias Hill stands 311 m to the south-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Leaping Gazelle Fountain, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park is a 158-acre (64 ha) botanical garden, art museum, and outdoor sculpture park located in Grand Rapids Township, Michigan, United States. Opened in 1995, Meijer Gardens quickly established itself in the Midwest as a major cultural attraction jointly focused on horticulture and sculpture. Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park includes a tropical conservatory, an 8-acre Japanese garden, major works of modern and contemporary sculpture on the grounds and indoors, along with a series of outdoor gardens and nature trails. It is a well attended cultural site in Michigan, having attracted 750,000 visitors annually between 2015 - 2017. Meijer Gardens has continued to grow its permanent collection of sculpture from major figures in Modern and Contemporary art while building additional structures for indoor and outdoor gardens. In 2018, Meijer Gardens was included as one of "Eleven of the World's Greatest Sculpture Parks" by Artsy. In 2023, 2024, and 2025 USA Today voted the park the #1 Sculpture Park in the United States as part of their 10Best Readers Choice Awards.
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Dates from 1995.
Wikidata Q2483537, matched on coordinates and name (394 m apart).
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Leaping Gazelle Fountain: 0.0 mi
- The Tribute: 0.0 mi
- Mad Mom: 0.1 mi
- Bent of Mind: 0.1 mi
- Visitations: Majorette, Hand Stands, Gifts, A Slight Lapse of Purpose, Yea: 0.1 mi
- Grand Rapids Township Park: 1.2 mi
- Crahen Valley Park: 1.4 mi
- Cascade Community Association Park: 1.5 mi
- Manhattan Park: 1.8 mi
- Griffiths Park: 1.8 mi
- Knapp Corner Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Carl Creek Wetlands Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Buiten Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.2 mi
- Veterans Nature Trail: 4.6 mi
- Brian Dyk Nature Preserve: 7.0 mi
- Meyer May House: 4.2 mi
- Caulkins Law Office: 4.2 mi
- Grand Rapids Children's Museum: 4.4 mi
- Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives: 4.5 mi
- Grand Rapids Art Museum: 4.5 mi
- Sang Yoon: 0.5 mi
- The Castle: 4.0 mi
- The Hiker: 4.1 mi
- Bust of A. Lincoln: 4.2 mi
- Kent County Civil War Monument: 4.4 mi
- Heirloom Vegetable Patch: 0.2 mi
- Bonsai Garden: 0.2 mi
- Heirloom Vegetable Patch: 0.2 mi
- Zen-Style Garden: 0.2 mi
- Michigan State University Cooperative Extension: 2.4 mi
- Sawtooth Drop: 8.9 mi
- Hilltop Stop: 9.0 mi
- Boulder Jump: 9.1 mi
- Wynalda Flow Trails Hub: 9.2 mi
- Pine Plantation: 10.5 mi
- Buena Vista Hill: 5.2 mi
- Dias Hill: 13.0 mi
- Bettes Tower Hill: 14.4 mi
- Cheney Hills: 19.1 mi
- Rockford Rest Area 525: 11.1 mi
- Zeeland Rest Area 528: 20.4 mi
- Saranac Rest Area 532: 22.6 mi
- Ada Covered Bridge: 5.3 mi
- Fallasburg Covered Bridge: 13.0 mi
- Millennium Park Beach: 8.9 mi
- Fishing Beach: 19.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
- Charleston: 17.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dias Hill | SSW 195° | 311 m | 13.0 mi |
| Cheney Hills | NNE 13° | 291 m | 19.1 mi |
| Bettes Tower Hill | NNW 328° | 260 m | 14.4 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 | 20:42 | 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.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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