Kendon Park
Kendon Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 261 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Waldo Park, a park 0.4 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 128 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Lansing
How to reach it
- 128.0 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Deck · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Waldo Park: 0.4 mi
- Poxson Park: 0.6 mi
- Everett Park: 0.6 mi
- Hawk Island County Park: 0.7 mi
- Kaynorth Park: 0.7 mi
- Totem Pole: 1.8 mi
- REO Town Sign: 2.6 mi
- Rooster Square: 2.8 mi
- Thomas McIntyre Cooley: 3.0 mi
- Portrait of a Dreamer: 3.1 mi
- Fenner Nature Center: 1.7 mi
- Bear Lake Natural Area: 1.8 mi
- Sycamore Creek Property: 2.3 mi
- Holt-Eifert Road Property: 3.1 mi
- Dutch Meadows Park: 3.3 mi
- Potter Park: 2.1 mi
- Ransom Eli Olds Monument: 2.8 mi
- First Michigan Sharpshooters: 3.1 mi
- Remembrance Memorial: 3.2 mi
- The Kerns Hotel Fire/The Box 23 Club: 3.2 mi
- North School Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Backyard Gardens: 2.1 mi
- Sensory Gardens: 2.1 mi
- Webster Farms Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- African World Museum and Resource Center: 2.4 mi
- R. E. Olds Transportation Museum: 3.0 mi
- Impression 5 Science Center: 3.0 mi
- Michigan History Museum: 3.2 mi
- Michigan State University Museum: 4.2 mi
- Spartan Village Picnic Shelter: 2.8 mi
- Picnic Area 6: 3.2 mi
- Picnic Area 5: 3.2 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 3.3 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 3.3 mi
- Holt Rest Area 810: 3.9 mi
- Holt Rest Area 810: 3.9 mi
- Okemos Rest Area 811: 6.8 mi
- Potterville Rest Area 829: 9.7 mi
- Grand Ledge Rest Area 825: 11.6 mi
- Michigan State Capitol: 3.2 mi
- White Capitol House: 3.3 mi
- Michigan Millers Fire Engine: 4.0 mi
- Old Town: 4.1 mi
- The Rock: 4.2 mi
- Teaspoon Hill: 15.3 mi
- Holibaugh Hills: 20.3 mi
- Jerusalem Hills: 22.7 mi
- Mount Nethaway: 23.5 mi
- Hog Island: 24.4 mi
- Bitcoin Beach North: 18.7 mi
- Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 18.8 mi
- Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 18.9 mi
- Grand Ledge cliff: 11.8 mi
- Baldwin Park artesian well: 17.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kendon Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teaspoon Hill | SSE 160° | 320 m | 15.3 mi |
| Jerusalem Hills | SSW 204° | 297 m | 22.7 mi |
| Holibaugh Hills | SSW 201° | 296 m | 20.3 mi |
| Mount Nethaway | NE 53° | 267 m | 23.5 mi |
| Hog Island | ENE 59° | 259 m | 24.4 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 | 20:37 | 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 Deer500 obs
- Painted Turtle99 obs
- American Red Squirrel86 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel79 obs
- Common Garter Snake78 obs
- Northern Cardinal72 obs
- Wild Turkey68 obs
- Groundhog66 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/588518814
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