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Bluebell Park

Bluebell Park from directly overhead

Bluebell Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 261 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Beck 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
Access
Yes
Fee
No

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.68048, -84.56068

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Nature reserves: 43
Historic sites: 43
Gardens: 27
  • North School Community Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Webster Farms Community Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Community Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Memorial Rose Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Formal Garden: 3.0 mi
Museums: 19
Picnic sites: 9
  • Picnic Area 6: 3.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 5: 3.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 3.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 3.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 3.1 mi
Rest areas: 9
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 4.6 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 4.7 mi
  • Okemos Rest Area 811: 7.8 mi
  • Potterville Rest Area 829: 8.5 mi
  • Grand Ledge Rest Area 825: 11.3 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Michigan State Capitol: 3.7 mi
  • White Capitol House: 3.8 mi
  • Old Town: 4.7 mi
  • Michigan Millers Fire Engine: 4.9 mi
  • Don's Windmill: 5.0 mi
Peaks: 4
Beaches: 3
  • Bitcoin Beach North: 19.7 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 19.7 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 19.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Teaspoon HillSSE 156°320 m15.1 mi
Jerusalem HillsSSW 202°297 m21.7 mi
Holibaugh HillsSSW 199°296 m19.4 mi
Mount NethawayNE 53°267 m24.7 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.

  • White-tailed Deer21 obs
  • Northern Cardinal19 obs
  • wide leek18 obs
  • Monarch16 obs
  • ground-ivy14 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel13 obs
  • American pokeweed13 obs
  • Western Honey Bee12 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/584496506

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