Blandford Nature Center
Blandford Nature Center is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 215 m. Dias Hill stands 311 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is The Highlands, a park 0.6 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- The Highlands: 0.6 mi
- Shawmut Hills Park: 1.5 mi
- Shawmut Park: 1.7 mi
- Lincoln Lawns Neighborhood Park: 1.8 mi
- Tremont Greenspace: 1.8 mi
- Fish Ladder Sculpture: 3.7 mi
- Lorrie's Button: 3.8 mi
- Man in Space: 3.8 mi
- Gerald R Ford: 3.8 mi
- ArtPost Grand Valley State University (GVSU) Pew Campus: 3.8 mi
- Brian Dyk Nature Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Hopewell Indian Mounds Park: 4.2 mi
- Veterans Nature Trail: 4.3 mi
- Grand River County Open Space: 7.0 mi
- Zemaitis Preserve: 7.0 mi
- Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum: 3.8 mi
- Grand Rapids Art Museum: 4.2 mi
- Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives: 4.2 mi
- Grand Rapids Children's Museum: 4.4 mi
- Grand Rapids Model Railroad Historical Society: 4.6 mi
- Walker Police & Firefighters Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Howard Stanton Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Gerald R. Ford and Betty B. Ford Burial Site: 3.8 mi
- Rosa Parks: 4.1 mi
- Kent County Civil War Monument: 4.4 mi
- Boynton's Landing: 5.2 mi
- Boulder Jump: 10.9 mi
- Hilltop Stop: 10.9 mi
- Sawtooth Drop: 11.1 mi
- Wynalda Flow Trails Hub: 11.4 mi
- Winchester Garden: 5.3 mi
- Michigan State University Cooperative Extension: 5.8 mi
- Hillcrest Community Garden: 5.8 mi
- Alger Heights Community Garden: 7.3 mi
- Zen-Style Garden: 8.0 mi
- Buena Vista Hill: 10.7 mi
- Bettes Tower Hill: 11.1 mi
- Dias Hill: 14.5 mi
- Cheney Hills: 21.3 mi
- Millennium Park Beach: 4.1 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 23.2 mi
- Fishing Beach: 24.3 mi
- Rockford Rest Area 525: 12.5 mi
- Zeeland Rest Area 528: 15.1 mi
- Fruitport Rest Area 502: 19.2 mi
- Ada Covered Bridge: 13.3 mi
- Fallasburg Covered Bridge: 21.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
- Charleston: 9.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blandford Nature Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dias Hill | SSE 161° | 311 m | 14.5 mi |
| Cheney Hills | NE 35° | 291 m | 21.3 mi |
| Bettes Tower Hill | N 2° | 260 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:18 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 20:43 | 21:26 |
| September equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 08:12 | 16:26 | 17:12 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Grand Rapids, 8 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer145 obs
- Monarch126 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee102 obs
- Painted Turtle94 obs
- American Toad77 obs
- mayapple71 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird65 obs
- Mallard64 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/238550327
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