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Dietrich Park

Dietrich Park from directly overhead

Dietrich Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 255 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Edmore Park, a park 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 124 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
City of Lansing

How to reach it

Coordinates42.75151, -84.55697

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Elementary: 0.8 mi
  • Geometry: 0.8 mi
  • Delight: 0.8 mi
  • Newton’s Cube: 0.9 mi
  • Reflections: 0.9 mi
Historic sites: 44
  • Michigan Veteran's Memorial: 0.9 mi
  • YMCA Historic Column: 1.0 mi
  • Joseph E. Warner 1831-1914: 1.0 mi
  • Vivian Stauffer Memorial Grove: 1.1 mi
  • First Regiment Michigan Engineers: 1.2 mi
Nature reserves: 44
Gardens: 27
  • Shigematsu Memorial Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Rain Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Perennial Butterfly Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Edible Plant Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Cooley Gardens: 1.9 mi
Museums: 21
Attractions: 9
Rest areas: 8
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 7.5 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 7.5 mi
  • Grand Ledge Rest Area 825: 8.7 mi
  • Okemos Rest Area 811: 9.2 mi
  • DeWitt Rest Area 831: 10.4 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Area 6: 2.8 mi
  • Picnic Area 5: 2.8 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 2.9 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 2.9 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 2.9 mi
Peaks: 5
Beaches: 4
  • Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 15.2 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 15.3 mi
  • Bitcoin Beach North: 15.4 mi
  • Clinton Lakes Dog Beach: 21.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Teaspoon HillSSE 162°320 m19.7 mi
Holibaugh HillsSSW 196°296 m24.2 mi
Mount NethawayENE 63°267 m21.9 mi
Hog IslandENE 70°259 m23.3 mi
Bradshaw HillNNE 20°238 m22.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1319:51
June solstice06:0120:3821:21
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 °F242635475868727063514030
Precip in2.11.72.13.33.73.82.93.52.83.22.51.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lansing Capital City AP, 3 mi away.

  • Mallard75 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel49 obs
  • Great Blue Heron33 obs
  • American Robin28 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee27 obs
  • Mourning Dove25 obs
  • Northern Cardinal25 obs
  • House Sparrow25 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/42164105

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