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Foster Park

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Foster Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 255 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Demonstration Gardens;The Garden Project Demonstration Gardens, a garden 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 125 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
255 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.72920, -84.51776

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Victoria: 1.2 mi
  • Rooster Square: 1.3 mi
  • Earvin "Magic" Johnson: 1.3 mi
  • Totem Pole: 1.4 mi
  • Spartan Statue: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves: 44
  • Red Cedar Natural Area: 0.7 mi
  • Fenner Nature Center: 1.4 mi
  • Baker Woodlot and Rachana Rajendra Neotropical Migrant Bird Sanctuary: 2.3 mi
  • Bear Lake Natural Area: 2.4 mi
  • Sanford Natural Area: 2.5 mi
Historic sites: 44
Gardens: 27
Museums: 20
Attractions: 8
Rest areas: 8
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 5.1 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 5.1 mi
  • Okemos Rest Area 811: 6.7 mi
  • Grand Ledge Rest Area 825: 11.1 mi
  • DeWitt Rest Area 831: 11.8 mi
Picnic sites: 7
Peaks: 5
Beaches: 4
  • Bitcoin Beach North: 15.7 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 15.8 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 15.9 mi
  • Clinton Lakes Dog Beach: 22.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Teaspoon HillSSE 167°320 m17.6 mi
Holibaugh HillsSSW 201°296 m23.3 mi
Mount NethawayENE 57°267 m20.9 mi
Hog IslandENE 64°259 m22.0 mi
Bradshaw HillNNE 14°238 m23.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1319:50
June solstice06:0120:3721:20
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.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer522 obs
  • Mallard380 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel357 obs
  • Canada Goose319 obs
  • American Robin178 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel154 obs
  • Great Blue Heron153 obs
  • Northern Cardinal148 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/32641814

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