Bates Scout Park
Bates Scout Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 250 m. Mount Nethaway stands 267 m to the east, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Memorial Park, a park 0.8 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 112 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Laingsburg
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 111.6 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Deck · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
- McClintock Park: 0.9 mi
- Abbott/Treat Park: 1.2 mi
- Sleepy Hollow State Park: 3.6 mi
- Fletcher-Robson Nature Park: 6.7 mi
- Anima Librata: 12.7 mi
- Cassiopeia: 12.7 mi
- Twyla: 12.8 mi
- Bird: 12.8 mi
- Spartan Statue: 13.1 mi
- A Looking Glass Sanctuary: 4.9 mi
- Kindel Natural Area: 5.0 mi
- Bengel Wildlife Center: 7.6 mi
- Towner Wetland Preserve: 9.7 mi
- Lake Lansing North Preserve: 9.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 7.1 mi
- Rochester Colony Historical Marker: 11.3 mi
- Paine-Gillam-Scott House: 12.2 mi
- St. Johns Veterans Memorial: 12.4 mi
- Zolton Ferency Memorial Rock: 12.6 mi
- JonBoy's Plant Paradise: 7.1 mi
- Lake O' The Hills Community Garden: 10.4 mi
- Towar Community Garden: 10.7 mi
- Jan Nash Memorial Garden: 11.8 mi
- Slater Commuity Garden: 12.8 mi
- Bath School Museum: 6.9 mi
- Rochester Colony Schoolhouse: 11.3 mi
- Meridian Historical Village: 11.8 mi
- Michigan Women's Historical Center & Hall of Fame: 12.2 mi
- Clinton County Historical Society Museum: 12.2 mi
- John W. Beaumont Memorial Tower: 12.9 mi
- The Rock: 13.0 mi
- Michigan Millers Fire Engine: 13.1 mi
- Old Town: 14.0 mi
- White Capitol House: 14.9 mi
- Covered Picnic Table - Eagle Scout Project: 9.1 mi
- Spartan Village Picnic Shelter: 14.2 mi
- Picnic Area 6: 16.8 mi
- Picnic Area 5: 16.8 mi
- Picnic Area 3: 16.9 mi
- Woodbury Rest Area 830: 6.6 mi
- DeWitt Rest Area 831: 7.9 mi
- Okemos Rest Area 811: 15.3 mi
- Holt Rest Area 810: 17.1 mi
- Holt Rest Area 810: 17.1 mi
- Bitcoin Beach North: 2.4 mi
- Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 4.0 mi
- Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 4.1 mi
- Clinton Lakes Dog Beach: 15.7 mi
- Mount Nethaway: 9.7 mi
- Bradshaw Hill: 11.3 mi
- Hog Island: 12.2 mi
- The Island: 22.9 mi
- Grand Ledge cliff: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bates Scout Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Nethaway | E 91° | 267 m | 9.7 mi |
| Hog Island | E 100° | 259 m | 12.2 mi |
| Bradshaw Hill | N 350° | 238 m | 11.3 mi |
| The Island | NW 306° | 216 m | 22.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:12 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:37 | 21:20 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 18:59 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 08:06 | 16:21 | 17:07 |
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 | 23 | 25 | 34 | 46 | 57 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Owosso Wwtp, 12 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer3 obs
- Common Garter Snake2 obs
- Painted Turtle2 obs
- Blanding's Turtle2 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel2 obs
- guelder-rose2 obs
- Brook Stickleback2 obs
- Great Blue Heron1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/542666102
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