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Beck Park

Beck Park from directly overhead

Beck Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 263 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Bluebell Park, a park 0.5 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 129 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
City of Lansing

How to reach it

Coordinates42.67431, -84.55740

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Nature reserves: 44
Historic sites: 43
Gardens: 27
  • North School Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Webster Farms Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Community Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Sensory Gardens: 3.4 mi
  • Backyard Gardens: 3.4 mi
Museums: 19
Picnic sites: 9
  • Picnic Area 6: 3.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 5: 3.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 3.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 3.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 3.5 mi
Rest areas: 9
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 4.4 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 4.4 mi
  • Okemos Rest Area 811: 7.7 mi
  • Potterville Rest Area 829: 8.5 mi
  • Grand Ledge Rest Area 825: 11.7 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Michigan State Capitol: 4.1 mi
  • White Capitol House: 4.2 mi
  • Old Town: 5.1 mi
  • Don's Windmill: 5.1 mi
  • Michigan Millers Fire Engine: 5.2 mi
Peaks: 4
Beaches: 3
  • Bitcoin Beach North: 20.0 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 20.1 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 20.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Teaspoon HillSSE 156°320 m14.7 mi
Jerusalem HillsSSW 203°297 m21.4 mi
Holibaugh HillsSSW 200°296 m19.1 mi
Mount NethawayNE 52°267 m24.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1319:51
June solstice06:0120:3721:20
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.

  • wide leek18 obs
  • White-tailed Deer16 obs
  • Monarch13 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel11 obs
  • American pokeweed11 obs
  • Northern Cardinal10 obs
  • ground-ivy10 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail8 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/588269169

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