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Columbia Creek Park

Columbia Creek Park from directly overhead

Columbia Creek Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 273 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the southeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Bunker Road Canoe Landing, a park 2.0 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 137 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
273 m

What to expect

Operated by
Aurelius Township

How to reach it

Coordinates42.56886, -84.58793

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bunker Road Canoe Landing: 2.0 mi
  • Burchfield Park: 2.0 mi
  • Oak Ridge Park: 5.1 mi
  • Centennial Farms Park: 5.1 mi
  • Mill Pointe Park: 5.1 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves: 48
Historic sites: 42
Gardens: 26
  • Dart Tribute Garden: 6.3 mi
  • North School Community Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Der Happy Hallow Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Webster Farms Community Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Community Garden: 8.2 mi
Museums: 20
  • Mid Michigan Scout Museum: 5.0 mi
  • Miller Farm Eaton Rapids Area Historcal Society: 5.0 mi
  • Michigan's G.A.R. Memorial Hall & Museum: 5.3 mi
  • Mason Area Historical Museum: 7.5 mi
  • African World Museum and Resource Center: 11.0 mi
Rest areas: 10
  • Potterville Rest Area 829: 8.0 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 8.8 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 8.8 mi
  • Okemos Rest Area 811: 11.9 mi
  • Jackson Rest Area 820: 16.2 mi
Attractions: 9
Picnic sites: 9
  • Picnic Area 1: 10.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 10.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 10.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 6: 10.4 mi
  • Picnic Area 5: 10.4 mi
Peaks: 3
Springs: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Teaspoon HillSE 129°320 m9.7 mi
Jerusalem HillsSSW 208°297 m14.2 mi
Holibaugh HillsSSW 205°296 m11.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1419:51
June solstice06:0220:3721:20
September equinox07:2619:0019:38
December solstice08:0616:2317:09

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232535465868727062513929
Precip in2.31.82.33.14.24.23.13.93.13.62.62.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eaton Rapids, 5 mi away.

  • Blue-tipped Dancer11 obs
  • Golden Oyster Mushroom10 obs
  • creeping Jenny9 obs
  • Carolina horsenettle9 obs
  • American sycamore8 obs
  • Dragonhunter8 obs
  • Little Glassywing8 obs
  • Northern Map Turtle7 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/1062132186

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