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Gould Park

Gould Park from directly overhead

Gould Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 267 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Windemere Park, a park 0.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 125 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.74665, -84.59366

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Windemere Park: 0.2 mi
  • Keegan Park: 0.5 mi
  • Bon Air Park: 0.7 mi
  • Rudolph & Dorothy Wilson Park: 0.7 mi
  • Sunset Hills Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks
  • Polaris Ring: 1.9 mi
  • Tut-Tut: 2.1 mi
  • Geometry: 2.1 mi
  • Elementary: 2.1 mi
  • Delight: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves: 44
Historic sites: 42
Gardens: 27
  • Perennial Butterfly Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Rain Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Formal Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Memorial Rose Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Shigematsu Memorial Garden: 2.1 mi
Museums: 21
Attractions: 8
Rest areas: 8
  • Grand Ledge Rest Area 825: 7.1 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 8.5 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 8.5 mi
  • Potterville Rest Area 829: 9.9 mi
  • Okemos Rest Area 811: 10.6 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Area 5: 1.9 mi
  • Picnic Area 6: 1.9 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 1.9 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 2.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 2.0 mi
Peaks: 5
Beaches: 4
  • Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 16.5 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 16.5 mi
  • Bitcoin Beach North: 16.9 mi
  • Clinton Lakes Dog Beach: 21.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Teaspoon HillSSE 157°320 m20.0 mi
Holibaugh HillsSSW 192°296 m23.4 mi
Mount NethawayENE 64°267 m23.7 mi
Bradshaw HillNNE 24°238 m23.6 mi
The IslandNNW 344°216 m24.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1319:51
June solstice06:0120:3821:21
September equinox07:2619:0019:38
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, 2 mi away.

  • Golden Oyster Mushroom27 obs
  • Monarch24 obs
  • large white trillium18 obs
  • American Toad18 obs
  • lesser celandine17 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel16 obs
  • Western Honey Bee16 obs
  • dame's rocket16 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/557483800

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