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Bancroft Park

Bancroft Park from directly overhead

Bancroft Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 270 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Porter Park, a park 0.3 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 124 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
City of Lansing

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.75191, -84.52910

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Porter Park: 0.3 mi
  • Groesbeck Park Drain: 0.3 mi
  • MUCC Trails: 0.4 mi
  • Ormond Park: 0.5 mi
  • Fairview Park - Tollgate Wetlands: 0.5 mi
Artworks
  • Windlord: 1.4 mi
  • Elementary: 1.4 mi
  • Inspiration: 1.4 mi
  • Delight: 1.5 mi
  • Newton’s Cube: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves: 45
Historic sites: 44
Gardens: 28
Museums: 21
Attractions: 8
Rest areas: 8
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 6.8 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 6.8 mi
  • Okemos Rest Area 811: 8.1 mi
  • Grand Ledge Rest Area 825: 10.0 mi
  • DeWitt Rest Area 831: 10.2 mi
Picnic sites: 7
Peaks: 5
Beaches: 4
  • Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 14.6 mi
  • Bitcoin Beach North: 14.6 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 14.6 mi
  • Clinton Lakes Dog Beach: 21.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Teaspoon HillSSE 166°320 m19.3 mi
Holibaugh HillsSSW 199°296 m24.6 mi
Mount NethawayENE 61°267 m20.6 mi
Hog IslandENE 69°259 m21.9 mi
Bradshaw HillNNE 17°238 m22.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1319:50
June solstice06:0120:3821:21
September equinox07:2619:0019:37
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, 4 mi away.

  • Mallard89 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel54 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee39 obs
  • Canada Goose37 obs
  • House Sparrow37 obs
  • Great Blue Heron34 obs
  • American Robin32 obs
  • ground-ivy30 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/40146800

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