Hawk Island County Park
Hawk Island County Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 254 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Scott Woods Park, a park 0.5 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 127 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Ingham County
How to reach it
- 127.4 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Deck · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Scott Woods Park: 0.5 mi
- Poxson Park: 0.6 mi
- Forest View Park: 0.6 mi
- Lyons Park: 0.7 mi
- Glen Eden Park: 0.7 mi
- Totem Pole: 1.1 mi
- REO Town Sign: 2.3 mi
- Rooster Square: 2.4 mi
- Thomas McIntyre Cooley: 2.7 mi
- Portrait of a Dreamer: 2.8 mi
- Fenner Nature Center: 1.0 mi
- Bear Lake Natural Area: 1.1 mi
- Sycamore Creek Property: 2.3 mi
- Red Cedar Natural Area: 2.6 mi
- Baker Woodlot and Rachana Rajendra Neotropical Migrant Bird Sanctuary: 3.1 mi
- Potter Park: 1.6 mi
- Ransom Eli Olds Monument: 2.5 mi
- Remembrance Memorial: 2.8 mi
- First Michigan Sharpshooters: 2.8 mi
- The Kerns Hotel Fire/The Box 23 Club: 2.8 mi
- Backyard Gardens: 1.5 mi
- Sensory Gardens: 1.5 mi
- North School Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- TillUtopia: 2.2 mi
- Poppin Fresh Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- African World Museum and Resource Center: 1.8 mi
- R. E. Olds Transportation Museum: 2.6 mi
- Impression 5 Science Center: 2.7 mi
- Michigan History Museum: 3.0 mi
- Michigan State University Museum: 3.5 mi
- Spartan Village Picnic Shelter: 2.1 mi
- Picnic Area 6: 3.4 mi
- Picnic Area 5: 3.4 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 3.5 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 3.5 mi
- Holt Rest Area 810: 3.7 mi
- Holt Rest Area 810: 3.7 mi
- Okemos Rest Area 811: 6.4 mi
- Potterville Rest Area 829: 10.4 mi
- Grand Ledge Rest Area 825: 11.8 mi
- Michigan State Capitol: 2.9 mi
- White Capitol House: 3.0 mi
- Michigan Millers Fire Engine: 3.4 mi
- The Rock: 3.5 mi
- John W. Beaumont Memorial Tower: 3.5 mi
- Teaspoon Hill: 15.6 mi
- Holibaugh Hills: 21.0 mi
- Mount Nethaway: 22.8 mi
- Jerusalem Hills: 23.3 mi
- Hog Island: 23.6 mi
- Bitcoin Beach North: 18.0 mi
- Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 18.2 mi
- Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 18.2 mi
- Clinton Lakes Dog Beach: 25.0 mi
- Grand Ledge cliff: 12.1 mi
- Baldwin Park artesian well: 17.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hawk Island County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teaspoon Hill | SSE 163° | 320 m | 15.6 mi |
| Jerusalem Hills | SSW 204° | 297 m | 23.3 mi |
| Holibaugh Hills | SSW 202° | 296 m | 21.0 mi |
| Mount Nethaway | NE 53° | 267 m | 22.8 mi |
| Hog Island | ENE 60° | 259 m | 23.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:13 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:37 | 21:20 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:00 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 08:06 | 16:22 | 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 | 25 | 27 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — East Lansing 4 S, 3 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer548 obs
- Painted Turtle142 obs
- Canada Goose121 obs
- American Robin100 obs
- American Red Squirrel95 obs
- Common Garter Snake93 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel93 obs
- Wild Turkey87 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/42502353
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