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Leake Park

Leake Park from directly overhead

Leake Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 292 m. Kelso Ridge stands 387 m to the south, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Exchange Club Playground, a park 0.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 157 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
292 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.22765, -84.40050

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star: 3.6 mi
  • The Upside Down: 16.6 mi
  • The Upside Down: 16.6 mi
  • The Upside Down: 16.6 mi
  • The Upside Down: 16.6 mi
Nature reserves: 39
Peaks: 17
Museums: 14
  • Ella Sharp Museum: 1.2 mi
  • The Coe House Museum: 9.4 mi
  • The Lost Railway Museum: 9.7 mi
  • Michigan Whitetail Hall of Fame Museum: 9.9 mi
  • Concord Universalist Church: 12.9 mi
Artworks: 11
  • Beverley Simmons Bunny: 1.2 mi
  • Reality T.V.: 1.3 mi
  • Summer Night Tree: 1.4 mi
  • Have A Nice Day: 1.5 mi
  • Defense of the Flag: 1.5 mi
Historic sites: 8
Rest areas: 4
  • Sandstone Rest Area 819: 5.5 mi
  • Jackson Rest Area 820: 9.6 mi
  • Grass Lake Rest Area: 10.5 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 21.1 mi
Springs: 4
Gardens: 3
Picnic sites: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kelso RidgeS 186°387 m19.8 mi
Bundy HillSSW 194°381 m12.3 mi
Prospect HillSSE 152°372 m15.3 mi
Hatt HillS 176°348 m5.0 mi
Irish HillSSE 154°344 m16.3 mi
Cassidy KameENE 62°344 m18.4 mi
Sackrider HillENE 62°338 m11.1 mi
Big KameENE 58°328 m18.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1319:50
June solstice06:0220:3621:18
September equinox07:2619:0019:37
December solstice08:0416:2417:09

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242736485968727063514030
Precip in1.71.51.92.93.43.63.43.83.02.92.31.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jackson Reynolds FLD, 4 mi away.

  • Eastern Fox Squirrel15 obs
  • Canada Goose14 obs
  • White-tailed Deer14 obs
  • Monarch14 obs
  • White-winged Crossbill13 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird11 obs
  • Sandhill Crane11 obs
  • Northern Flicker9 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/561592976

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