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Barb Dean Tot Lot

Barb Dean Tot Lot from directly overhead

Barb Dean Tot Lot is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 256 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Clifford Park, a park 0.4 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 126 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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What to expect

Operated by
City of Lansing

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Coordinates42.71558, -84.54984

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • REO Town Sign: 0.7 mi
  • Thomas McIntyre Cooley: 1.1 mi
  • Rooster Square: 1.1 mi
  • Portrait of a Dreamer: 1.2 mi
  • Polaris Ring: 1.3 mi
Historic sites: 44
Nature reserves: 44
  • Fenner Nature Center: 1.6 mi
  • Red Cedar Natural Area: 2.5 mi
  • Bear Lake Natural Area: 2.6 mi
  • Baker Woodlot and Rachana Rajendra Neotropical Migrant Bird Sanctuary: 3.8 mi
  • Sycamore Creek Property: 4.0 mi
Gardens: 27
Museums: 21
Rest areas: 9
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 5.4 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 5.4 mi
  • Okemos Rest Area 811: 7.7 mi
  • Potterville Rest Area 829: 10.1 mi
  • Grand Ledge Rest Area 825: 10.2 mi
Attractions: 8
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Area 6: 2.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 5: 2.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 2.1 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 2.1 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 2.1 mi
Peaks: 6
Beaches: 4
  • Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 17.3 mi
  • Bitcoin Beach North: 17.3 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 17.4 mi
  • Clinton Lakes Dog Beach: 23.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Teaspoon HillSSE 161°320 m17.2 mi
Jerusalem HillsSSW 201°297 m24.2 mi
Holibaugh HillsSSW 198°296 m21.9 mi
Mount NethawayENE 57°267 m22.8 mi
Hog IslandENE 64°259 m23.9 mi
Bradshaw HillNNE 17°238 m24.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1319:51
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 °F252736485969727164524030
Precip in2.11.61.73.64.43.83.43.43.23.12.61.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — East Lansing 4 S, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer530 obs
  • Mallard156 obs
  • Painted Turtle135 obs
  • Canada Goose125 obs
  • American Robin119 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel119 obs
  • Northern Cardinal101 obs
  • American Red Squirrel96 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/585290346

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