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Bassett Park

Bassett Park from directly overhead

Bassett Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 257 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Tecumseh Park, a park 0.6 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 124 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
257 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.75304, -84.57206

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Geometry: 1.3 mi
  • Elementary: 1.3 mi
  • Delight: 1.3 mi
  • Bird in the Hand: 1.4 mi
  • Newton’s Cube: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves: 45
Historic sites: 42
  • Michigan Veteran's Memorial: 1.4 mi
  • YMCA Historic Column: 1.4 mi
  • Michigan Vietnam Monument: 1.4 mi
  • Joseph E. Warner 1831-1914: 1.5 mi
  • First Regiment Michigan Engineers: 1.6 mi
Gardens: 27
Museums: 21
Attractions: 9
Rest areas: 8
  • Grand Ledge Rest Area 825: 7.9 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 8.0 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 8.0 mi
  • Okemos Rest Area 811: 9.9 mi
  • DeWitt Rest Area 831: 10.5 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Area 6: 2.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 5: 2.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 2.6 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 2.6 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 2.6 mi
Peaks: 6
Beaches: 4
  • Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 15.5 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 15.6 mi
  • Bitcoin Beach North: 15.8 mi
  • Clinton Lakes Dog Beach: 20.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Teaspoon HillSSE 160°320 m20.0 mi
Holibaugh HillsSSW 194°296 m24.1 mi
Mount NethawayENE 64°267 m22.5 mi
Hog IslandENE 71°259 m23.9 mi
Bradshaw HillNNE 22°238 m22.7 mi
The IslandNNW 341°216 m24.6 mi

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 °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, 2 mi away.

  • Mallard46 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel35 obs
  • Monarch24 obs
  • tree-of-heaven24 obs
  • Western Honey Bee22 obs
  • Japanese Beetle22 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee22 obs
  • House Sparrow21 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/32966138

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