Cavanaugh Park
Cavanaugh Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 257 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Bluebell Park, a park 0.6 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 128 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Lansing
How to reach it
- 128.3 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Deck · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bluebell Park: 0.6 mi
- Waldo Park: 0.8 mi
- Everett Park: 0.8 mi
- Kendon Park: 0.9 mi
- Pleasant Grove Park: 1.0 mi
- REO Town Sign: 2.5 mi
- Totem Pole: 2.5 mi
- Thomas McIntyre Cooley: 2.9 mi
- Polaris Ring: 2.9 mi
- Rooster Square: 3.0 mi
- Fenner Nature Center: 2.4 mi
- Bear Lake Natural Area: 2.7 mi
- Sycamore Creek Property: 3.1 mi
- Holt-Eifert Road Property: 3.3 mi
- Red Cedar Natural Area: 3.9 mi
- Potter Park: 2.3 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 2.5 mi
- H. Lee Bancroft: 2.6 mi
- Ransom Eli Olds Monument: 2.9 mi
- First Michigan Sharpshooters: 3.0 mi
- North School Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Webster Farms Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Scott Sunken Garden: 2.5 mi
- Cooley Gardens: 2.5 mi
- African World Museum and Resource Center: 2.8 mi
- R. E. Olds Transportation Museum: 3.0 mi
- Michigan History Museum: 3.0 mi
- Impression 5 Science Center: 3.0 mi
- Turner-Dodge House: 4.3 mi
- Picnic Area 6: 2.6 mi
- Picnic Area 5: 2.6 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 2.6 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 2.6 mi
- Picnic Area 3: 2.6 mi
- Holt Rest Area 810: 4.8 mi
- Holt Rest Area 810: 4.8 mi
- Okemos Rest Area 811: 7.8 mi
- Potterville Rest Area 829: 8.8 mi
- Grand Ledge Rest Area 825: 10.9 mi
- Michigan State Capitol: 3.1 mi
- White Capitol House: 3.2 mi
- Old Town: 4.1 mi
- Michigan Millers Fire Engine: 4.4 mi
- John W. Beaumont Memorial Tower: 4.9 mi
- Teaspoon Hill: 15.6 mi
- Holibaugh Hills: 20.0 mi
- Jerusalem Hills: 22.3 mi
- Mount Nethaway: 24.2 mi
- Bitcoin Beach North: 19.1 mi
- Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 19.2 mi
- Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 19.2 mi
- Grand Ledge cliff: 10.9 mi
- Baldwin Park artesian well: 17.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cavanaugh Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teaspoon Hill | SSE 157° | 320 m | 15.6 mi |
| Jerusalem Hills | SSW 201° | 297 m | 22.3 mi |
| Holibaugh Hills | SSW 199° | 296 m | 20.0 mi |
| Mount Nethaway | NE 54° | 267 m | 24.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:13 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:37 | 21:20 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:00 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 08:06 | 16:22 | 17:08 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — East Lansing 4 S, 4 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer59 obs
- ground-ivy26 obs
- House Sparrow23 obs
- Common Garter Snake20 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel20 obs
- Monarch20 obs
- wide leek20 obs
- Northern Cardinal18 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/469612716
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