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Averill Park

Averill Park from directly overhead

Averill Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 265 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Ingham Park, a park 0.5 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 128 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
City of Lansing

How to reach it

Coordinates42.70094, -84.59858

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Sail: 2.0 mi
  • Polaris Ring: 2.8 mi
  • REO Town Sign: 2.9 mi
  • Thomas McIntyre Cooley: 3.1 mi
  • The Rise and Progress of Michigan: 3.2 mi
Historic sites: 44
Nature reserves: 44
Gardens: 27
  • Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Memorial Rose Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Formal Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Webster Farms Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Perennial Butterfly Garden: 2.6 mi
Museums: 20
Rest areas: 9
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 6.9 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 6.9 mi
  • Potterville Rest Area 829: 7.5 mi
  • Grand Ledge Rest Area 825: 8.9 mi
  • Okemos Rest Area 811: 9.9 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Michigan State Capitol: 3.1 mi
  • White Capitol House: 3.2 mi
  • Don's Windmill: 3.6 mi
  • Old Town: 4.1 mi
  • Michigan Millers Fire Engine: 5.1 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Area 1: 1.2 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 1.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 1.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 5: 1.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 6: 1.3 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 19.3 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 19.4 mi
  • Bitcoin Beach North: 19.5 mi
  • Clinton Lakes Dog Beach: 24.5 mi
Peaks: 3
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Teaspoon HillSSE 152°320 m17.3 mi
Jerusalem HillsSSW 196°297 m22.5 mi
Holibaugh HillsSSW 193°296 m20.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1319:51
June solstice06:0120:3821:21
September equinox07:2619:0019:38
December solstice08:0616:2217:08

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475868727063514030
Precip in2.11.72.13.33.73.82.93.52.83.22.51.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lansing Capital City AP, 5 mi away.

  • common pawpaw62 obs
  • mayapple60 obs
  • creeping thistle44 obs
  • Japanese barberry40 obs
  • lesser periwinkle36 obs
  • Siberian squill36 obs
  • Golden Oyster Mushroom35 obs
  • false rue anemone34 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/469613656

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