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Griffin Park

Griffin Park from directly overhead

Griffin Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 282 m. Cassidy Kame stands 344 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mason Area Historical Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 134 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.57589, -84.44343

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • deer: 8.6 mi
  • Totem Pole: 9.9 mi
  • Pegasus: 10.1 mi
  • Liberty Hyde Baily: 10.2 mi
  • Sun Seed: 10.2 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves: 48
Historic sites: 40
Gardens: 27
  • Dart Tribute Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Der Happy Hallow Garden: 2.6 mi
  • North School Community Garden: 8.5 mi
  • Webster Farms Community Garden: 9.9 mi
  • Backyard Gardens: 10.6 mi
Museums: 19
  • Mason Area Historical Museum: 0.2 mi
  • Leslie Area Historical Society & Museum: 8.7 mi
  • Michigan Women's Historical Center & Hall of Fame: 10.5 mi
  • Meridian Historical Village: 10.8 mi
  • African World Museum and Resource Center: 10.9 mi
Peaks: 12
Rest areas: 11
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 6.2 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 6.2 mi
  • Okemos Rest Area 811: 7.3 mi
  • Potterville Rest Area 829: 14.5 mi
  • Jackson Rest Area 820: 14.6 mi
Picnic sites: 9
Springs: 1
Cliffs: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Bitcoin Beach North: 24.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cassidy KameSE 130°344 m24.1 mi
Sackrider HillSSE 148°338 m22.4 mi
Big KameSE 128°328 m23.0 mi
Sugarloaf HillSE 133°327 m23.6 mi
Stofer HillSE 126°321 m24.0 mi
Teaspoon HillS 178°320 m6.6 mi
Prospect HillESE 119°318 m23.1 mi
Shanahan HillSE 125°317 m22.5 mi

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 solstice08:0516:2217:08

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, 7 mi away.

  • Monarch23 obs
  • American Goldfinch18 obs
  • House Finch13 obs
  • Western Honey Bee12 obs
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler12 obs
  • Downy Woodpecker12 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle11 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider11 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/629340303

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