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Ferguson Park

Ferguson Park from directly overhead

Ferguson Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 254 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the south, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Sumbal Natural Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 125 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.71360, -84.43009

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Indian Hills Park: 0.4 mi
  • Tacoma Hills Park: 0.7 mi
  • Ottawa Hills Park: 0.8 mi
  • Sander Farm Preserved Natural Area: 0.9 mi
  • Forest Hills Park: 1.2 mi
Artworks
  • Pegasus: 2.2 mi
  • Orpheus: 2.2 mi
  • Liberty Hyde Baily: 2.3 mi
  • Sun Seed: 2.3 mi
  • Windows: 2.3 mi
Historic sites: 43
  • Justin S. Morrill Hall of Agriculture: 2.8 mi
  • Saints' Rest: 2.9 mi
  • The Nation's Pioneer Land-Grant University: 2.9 mi
  • Women's Building Justin Morrill Hall: 2.9 mi
  • Botanical Laboratory: 3.0 mi
Gardens: 28
Museums: 20
Rest areas: 9
  • Okemos Rest Area 811: 2.8 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 4.1 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 4.1 mi
  • Woodbury Rest Area 830: 9.2 mi
  • DeWitt Rest Area 831: 13.6 mi
Attractions: 8
Picnic sites: 7
  • Spartan Village Picnic Shelter: 3.6 mi
  • Covered Picnic Table - Eagle Scout Project: 4.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 6: 8.1 mi
  • Picnic Area 5: 8.1 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 8.2 mi
Peaks: 5
Beaches: 4
  • Bitcoin Beach North: 15.3 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 15.9 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 16.0 mi
  • Clinton Lakes Dog Beach: 24.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Teaspoon HillS 182°320 m16.1 mi
Holibaugh HillsSSW 212°296 m24.4 mi
Mount NethawayNE 46°267 m18.1 mi
Hog IslandNE 55°259 m18.7 mi
Bradshaw HillN 3°238 m23.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1319:50
June solstice06:0020:3721:20
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.

  • dame's rocket122 obs
  • White-tailed Deer103 obs
  • garlic mustard94 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle93 obs
  • eastern white pine92 obs
  • cut-leaved toothwort90 obs
  • yellow trout lily77 obs
  • tree-of-heaven72 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/76338690

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