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Glen Park

Glen Park from directly overhead

Glen Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 248 m. Brady Hills stands 313 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Peppler Park, a park 0.6 miles away. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates43.12584, -85.57029

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • The Big Apple: 6.9 mi
  • Earth, Wind, and Fire: 8.9 mi
  • Virgin Mary: 9.0 mi
  • American Eagle: 9.0 mi
  • Long Island Buddha: 9.9 mi
Museums: 23
  • Hyser Rivers Museum: 4.4 mi
  • Cedar Springs Museum & Historical Society: 6.5 mi
  • Cannon Township Historical Museum: 7.1 mi
  • Community House: 7.3 mi
  • Toledo, Saginaw & Muskegon Railway Depot: 7.5 mi
Nature reserves: 23
  • Brower Lake Nature Preserve: 4.6 mi
  • Knapp Corner Preserve: 8.4 mi
  • Veterans Nature Trail: 8.9 mi
  • Howard Christensen Nature Center: 11.0 mi
  • Carl Creek Wetlands Preserve: 11.7 mi
Historic sites: 15
Gardens: 12
  • Flower & Sculpture Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Zen-Style Garden: 10.0 mi
  • Heirloom Vegetable Patch: 10.0 mi
  • Bonsai Garden: 10.0 mi
  • Heirloom Vegetable Patch: 10.0 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Wynalda Flow Trails Hub: 1.2 mi
  • Sawtooth Drop: 1.5 mi
  • Hilltop Stop: 1.6 mi
  • Boulder Jump: 1.6 mi
  • Caboose Museum Exhibit: 7.5 mi
Peaks: 6
Rest areas: 2
  • Rockford Rest Area 525: 1.4 mi
  • Morley Rest Area 533: 23.6 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Millennium Park Beach: 15.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Brady HillsNNE 30°313 m23.3 mi
Dias HillS 190°311 m23.1 mi
Cheney HillsNNE 22°291 m9.2 mi
Maple HillNNE 15°273 m17.3 mi
Bettes Tower HillWNW 284°260 m8.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:1719:55
June solstice06:0420:4321:26
September equinox07:3019:0419:41
December solstice08:1216:2417:11

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534455766706961503829
Precip in2.61.82.63.84.23.83.23.33.14.13.52.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kent City 2 SW, 12 mi away.

  • mayapple20 obs
  • Canada Goose16 obs
  • box elder15 obs
  • American pokeweed14 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit14 obs
  • sassafras14 obs
  • mapleleaf viburnum14 obs
  • autumn olive14 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/480585358

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