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Hunter Park

Hunter Park from directly overhead

Hunter Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 259 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Stabler Park, a park 0.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 125 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
259 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Lansing

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.72856, -84.53084

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Rooster Square: 0.6 mi
  • Portrait of a Dreamer: 0.9 mi
  • Inspiration: 1.0 mi
  • REO Town Sign: 1.1 mi
  • Let Me In: 1.1 mi
Historic sites: 44
Nature reserves: 44
  • Red Cedar Natural Area: 1.4 mi
  • Fenner Nature Center: 1.5 mi
  • Bear Lake Natural Area: 2.5 mi
  • Baker Woodlot and Rachana Rajendra Neotropical Migrant Bird Sanctuary: 2.9 mi
  • Ashton Lakes Park: 3.1 mi
Gardens: 27
Museums: 21
Attractions: 8
Rest areas: 8
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 5.4 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 5.4 mi
  • Okemos Rest Area 811: 7.2 mi
  • Grand Ledge Rest Area 825: 10.5 mi
  • Potterville Rest Area 829: 11.4 mi
Picnic sites: 7
Peaks: 5
Beaches: 4
  • Bitcoin Beach North: 16.1 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 16.1 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 16.2 mi
  • Clinton Lakes Dog Beach: 22.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Teaspoon HillSSE 165°320 m17.8 mi
Holibaugh HillsSSW 200°296 m23.1 mi
Mount NethawayENE 58°267 m21.5 mi
Hog IslandENE 65°259 m22.6 mi
Bradshaw HillNNE 16°238 m23.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1319:50
June solstice06:0120:3721:21
September equinox07:2619:0019:37
December solstice08:0616:2217:08

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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer527 obs
  • Mallard221 obs
  • Canada Goose188 obs
  • Painted Turtle142 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel139 obs
  • American Robin137 obs
  • Great Blue Heron111 obs
  • Northern Cardinal109 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/32728149

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