Ideal Park
Ideal Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 201 m. Dias Hill stands 311 m to the south-southeast, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Kellogg Woods Park, a park 0.8 miles away. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Kellogg Woods Park: 0.8 mi
- Kelloggsville Park: 1.0 mi
- Veterans' Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
- Palmer Park: 1.8 mi
- Home Acres Park: 1.9 mi
- Abstract Steel Sculpture: 2.1 mi
- The Cheese: 6.5 mi
- Rapid Central Bike Parking: 7.0 mi
- ArtPost Verne Barry Place: 7.1 mi
- ArtPost Ferguson Apartments: 7.2 mi
- Buck Creek Nature Preserve: 2.4 mi
- George P. Tilma Nature Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Paris Park: 4.6 mi
- Hopewell Indian Mounds Park: 6.1 mi
- Buiten Wildlife Sanctuary: 7.2 mi
- Byron Center Historical Society: 4.2 mi
- Jenison Museum: 6.5 mi
- Meyer May House: 6.7 mi
- Caulkins Law Office: 7.2 mi
- Grand Rapids Children's Museum: 7.3 mi
- Jenison Stump Fence: 6.5 mi
- Veteran's Plaza: 6.8 mi
- The Hiker: 7.1 mi
- The Castle: 7.1 mi
- Bust of A. Lincoln: 7.2 mi
- Boynton's Landing: 8.4 mi
- Historic Stagecoach: 14.6 mi
- Pine Plantation: 16.5 mi
- Mixed Oak Forest: 16.8 mi
- Hilltop Stop: 17.8 mi
- Alger Heights Community Garden: 4.3 mi
- Winchester Garden: 6.9 mi
- Hillcrest Community Garden: 7.7 mi
- Gardens Commonway: 8.5 mi
- Early Morning Garden: 8.5 mi
- Dias Hill: 4.3 mi
- Buena Vista Hill: 14.7 mi
- Graves Hill: 18.9 mi
- Beach Hill: 19.4 mi
- Baird Hill: 20.5 mi
- Millennium Park Beach: 6.8 mi
- Fishing Beach: 14.7 mi
- Ada Covered Bridge: 11.4 mi
- Fallasburg Covered Bridge: 19.4 mi
- Zeeland Rest Area 528: 13.2 mi
- Rockford Rest Area 525: 19.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
- Charleston: 16.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ideal Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dias Hill | SSE 165° | 311 m | 4.3 mi |
| Baird Hill | SSE 152° | 294 m | 20.5 mi |
| Graves Hill | SSE 149° | 280 m | 18.9 mi |
| Bettes Tower Hill | N 351° | 260 m | 20.9 mi |
| Beach Hill | SW 222° | 242 m | 19.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:18 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 20:42 | 21:26 |
| September equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 08:11 | 16:26 | 17:12 |
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 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Grand Rapids, 6 mi away.
- mayapple48 obs
- common motherwort35 obs
- Ghost Pipe28 obs
- Golden Oyster Mushroom26 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage25 obs
- American Toad25 obs
- White-tailed Deer22 obs
- crown-tipped coral fungus17 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/500336403
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