Hillsdale Park
Hillsdale Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 266 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Perennial Butterfly Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 126 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Lansing
How to reach it
- 125.9 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Deck · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kingsley Park: 0.2 mi
- Michigan Veterans' Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
- Riverside Park: 0.5 mi
- Saint Joseph Park: 0.6 mi
- Quentin Park: 0.8 mi
- Polaris Ring: 0.4 mi
- Thomas McIntyre Cooley: 0.8 mi
- The Rise and Progress of Michigan: 0.8 mi
- Austin Blair, War Governor of Michigan: 0.9 mi
- Sundance: 0.9 mi
- Fenner Nature Center: 2.9 mi
- Red Cedar Natural Area: 3.3 mi
- Bear Lake Natural Area: 3.9 mi
- Capital City Bird Sanctuary: 4.2 mi
- Ashton Lakes Park: 4.6 mi
- Michigan Vietnam Monument: 0.5 mi
- First Michigan Sharpshooters: 0.9 mi
- First Regiment Michigan Engineers: 0.9 mi
- Lansing Labor Holiday: 0.9 mi
- Lansing/Town of Michigan: 0.9 mi
- Perennial Butterfly Garden: 0.2 mi
- Rain Garden: 0.4 mi
- Cooley Gardens: 0.8 mi
- Scott Sunken Garden: 0.8 mi
- Shigematsu Memorial Garden: 1.1 mi
- Michigan History Museum: 0.4 mi
- R. E. Olds Transportation Museum: 1.1 mi
- Impression 5 Science Center: 1.1 mi
- Turner-Dodge House: 1.8 mi
- African World Museum and Resource Center: 2.2 mi
- White Capitol House: 0.8 mi
- Michigan State Capitol: 0.8 mi
- Old Town: 1.7 mi
- Michigan Millers Fire Engine: 2.9 mi
- John W. Beaumont Memorial Tower: 4.4 mi
- Holt Rest Area 810: 6.7 mi
- Holt Rest Area 810: 6.7 mi
- Grand Ledge Rest Area 825: 8.8 mi
- Okemos Rest Area 811: 9.0 mi
- Potterville Rest Area 829: 9.8 mi
- Picnic Area 6: 1.2 mi
- Picnic Area 5: 1.2 mi
- Picnic Area 3: 1.3 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 1.3 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 1.3 mi
- Teaspoon Hill: 18.3 mi
- Holibaugh Hills: 22.4 mi
- Mount Nethaway: 23.2 mi
- Bradshaw Hill: 24.3 mi
- Hog Island: 24.5 mi
- Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 17.0 mi
- Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 17.0 mi
- Bitcoin Beach North: 17.1 mi
- Clinton Lakes Dog Beach: 22.6 mi
- Grand Ledge cliff: 9.5 mi
- Baldwin Park artesian well: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hillsdale Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teaspoon Hill | SSE 159° | 320 m | 18.3 mi |
| Jerusalem Hills | SSW 198° | 297 m | 24.7 mi |
| Holibaugh Hills | SSW 195° | 296 m | 22.4 mi |
| Mount Nethaway | ENE 60° | 267 m | 23.2 mi |
| Hog Island | ENE 67° | 259 m | 24.5 mi |
| Bradshaw Hill | NNE 20° | 238 m | 24.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:13 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:38 | 21:21 |
| 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 | 24 | 26 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lansing Capital City AP, 4 mi away.
- Mallard97 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel55 obs
- House Sparrow37 obs
- American Robin36 obs
- Western Honey Bee33 obs
- Northern Cardinal31 obs
- bittersweet nightshade31 obs
- Canada Goose30 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/589545830
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