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Lions Park

Lions Park from directly overhead

Lions Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 281 m. Kelso Ridge stands 387 m to the south, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Former State Prison, a park 0.4 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 155 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
City of Jackson

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.26234, -84.41056

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star: 2.6 mi
  • The Upside Down: 16.1 mi
  • The Upside Down: 16.2 mi
  • The Upside Down: 16.2 mi
  • The Upside Down: 16.2 mi
Nature reserves: 38
Peaks: 18
Museums: 14
  • Ella Sharp Museum: 3.3 mi
  • Michigan Whitetail Hall of Fame Museum: 9.5 mi
  • The Coe House Museum: 9.9 mi
  • The Lost Railway Museum: 10.1 mi
  • Leslie Area Historical Society & Museum: 13.1 mi
Artworks: 10
Historic sites: 8
Gardens: 4
Rest areas: 4
  • Sandstone Rest Area 819: 4.2 mi
  • Jackson Rest Area 820: 7.2 mi
  • Grass Lake Rest Area: 10.2 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 21.2 mi
Springs: 3
Picnic sites: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kelso RidgeS 184°387 m22.2 mi
Bundy HillS 190°381 m14.5 mi
Prospect HillSSE 154°372 m17.7 mi
Hatt HillS 173°348 m7.4 mi
Cassidy KameENE 70°344 m17.9 mi
Irish HillSSE 156°344 m18.7 mi
Sackrider HillENE 75°338 m10.7 mi
Big KameENE 65°328 m18.2 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, 2 mi away.

  • Northern Cardinal14 obs
  • Grass Spiders11 obs
  • Ailanthus Webworm Moth11 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel10 obs
  • Roseate Spoonbill10 obs
  • Mourning Dove9 obs
  • Canada Goose9 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1096067677

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