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Ferris Park

Ferris Park from directly overhead

Ferris Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 261 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is YMCA Historic Column, a historic site 0.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 125 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
261 m

What to expect

Operated by
City of Lansing
Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.73791, -84.55831

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Tut-Tut: 0.2 mi
  • Pages: 0.3 mi
  • Construction #150: 0.3 mi
  • Global Village: 0.3 mi
  • Harmony: 0.3 mi
Parks
  • Durant Park: 0.4 mi
  • Michigan Veterans' Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Wentworth Park: 0.5 mi
  • Rotary Park: 0.5 mi
  • The Darryl J. Parsell Memorial Garden: 0.6 mi
Historic sites: 44
Nature reserves: 44
Gardens: 27
Museums: 21
Attractions: 8
Rest areas: 8
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 6.8 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 6.8 mi
  • Okemos Rest Area 811: 8.8 mi
  • Grand Ledge Rest Area 825: 9.0 mi
  • Potterville Rest Area 829: 10.7 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Area 6: 2.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 5: 2.1 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 2.1 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 2.2 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 2.2 mi
Peaks: 5
Beaches: 4
  • Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 16.1 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 16.1 mi
  • Bitcoin Beach North: 16.2 mi
  • Clinton Lakes Dog Beach: 22.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Teaspoon HillSSE 161°320 m18.8 mi
Holibaugh HillsSSW 196°296 m23.2 mi
Mount NethawayENE 61°267 m22.4 mi
Hog IslandENE 68°259 m23.7 mi
Bradshaw HillNNE 19°238 m23.4 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.

  • Mallard93 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel51 obs
  • Northern Cardinal33 obs
  • American Robin33 obs
  • Western Honey Bee32 obs
  • House Sparrow31 obs
  • tree-of-heaven31 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee31 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/32730073

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