Grass Lake Park
Grass Lake Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 304 m. Kelso Ridge stands 387 m to the south-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Whistlestop Park Depot, a park 0.4 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 153 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 304 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Jackson County
How to reach it
- 153.0 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Whistlestop Park Depot: 0.4 mi
- Ridgeview Park: 0.8 mi
- Grass Lake Sports and Trails Park: 0.9 mi
- Grass Lake State Game Area: 1.3 mi
- Goose Lake State Game Area: 4.4 mi
- Lefglen Nature Sanctuary: 4.8 mi
- Koenn Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Phyllis Haehnle Memorial Sanctuary: 6.1 mi
- Squiers Preserve: 6.9 mi
- Sharon Hills Preserve: 7.2 mi
- The Upside Down: 7.5 mi
- Sky Miles: 7.5 mi
- The Upside Down: 7.5 mi
- The Upside Down: 7.5 mi
- The Upside Down: 7.5 mi
- Summer Night Tree: 9.8 mi
- Grow: 10.0 mi
- Have A Nice Day: 10.2 mi
- Defense of the Flag: 10.3 mi
- Defense of the Flag: 10.4 mi
- Sackrider Hill: 3.1 mi
- Sugarloaf Hill: 7.9 mi
- Cassidy Kame: 9.3 mi
- Big Kame: 10.2 mi
- Riley Hill: 10.4 mi
- McNaughton Family Plot: 8.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 10.8 mi
- South Marker: 13.8 mi
- North Marker: 13.9 mi
- Justin James Ward Memorial: 17.6 mi
- The Lost Railway Museum: 0.5 mi
- The Coe House Museum: 0.7 mi
- Michigan Whitetail Hall of Fame Museum: 2.6 mi
- Waterloo Farm Museum: 8.6 mi
- Ella Sharp Museum: 10.9 mi
- Ella Sharp Rose Garden: 10.8 mi
- Hosta Hillside: 16.6 mi
- Holy Faith Food Garden: 21.7 mi
- Dicken Elementary PLANT Garden: 22.3 mi
- Grewal Park Community Garden: 22.5 mi
- River Grove Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- Activity Center Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- Pineview Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- Robert D. Wymer Memorial Pavilion: 18.0 mi
- Grass Lake Rest Area: 2.4 mi
- Chelsea Rest Area: 11.2 mi
- Jackson Rest Area 820: 13.4 mi
- Sandstone Rest Area 819: 14.4 mi
- Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 24.6 mi
- Artesian Well: 16.3 mi
- Cross Spring: 19.5 mi
- Baldwin Park artesian well: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Grass Lake Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelso Ridge | SSW 208° | 387 m | 24.7 mi |
| Bundy Hill | SW 222° | 381 m | 18.8 mi |
| Prospect Hill | S 189° | 372 m | 15.7 mi |
| Hatt Hill | SW 233° | 348 m | 11.6 mi |
| Cassidy Kame | NE 46° | 344 m | 9.3 mi |
| Irish Hill | S 189° | 344 m | 17.0 mi |
| Sackrider Hill | N 3° | 338 m | 3.1 mi |
| Big Kame | NE 39° | 328 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:12 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:35 | 21:18 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 18:59 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 08:03 | 16:23 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 35 | 47 | 59 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 63 | 51 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chelsea, 11 mi away.
- eastern redcedar5 obs
- Painted Turtle4 obs
- pink lady's slipper4 obs
- purple pitcher plant4 obs
- American Toad4 obs
- eastern prairie fringed orchid4 obs
- Common Snapping Turtle3 obs
- Western Honey Bee3 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/1065690260
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