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Lions Park

Lions Park from directly overhead

Lions Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 199 m. Dias Hill stands 311 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Ada Township Park, a park 0.5 miles away. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1952
Elevation
199 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.94427, -85.48722

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ada Township Park: 0.5 mi
  • Leonard Field: 0.6 mi
  • Legacy Park: 0.7 mi
  • Ada Boating Access Site: 1.0 mi
  • Grand River Fulton Street Preserve: 1.0 mi
Artworks
  • The Cheese: 5.3 mi
  • Leaping Gazelle Fountain: 5.4 mi
  • The Tribute: 5.5 mi
  • Bent of Mind: 5.5 mi
  • Four Open Squares Horizontal Gyratory-Tapered: 5.5 mi
Museums: 26
Nature reserves: 26
Historic sites: 19
Gardens: 13
  • Stargazer Gardens: 1.3 mi
  • Heirloom Vegetable Patch: 5.4 mi
  • Heirloom Vegetable Patch: 5.5 mi
  • Bonsai Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Zen-Style Garden: 5.6 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Pine Plantation: 5.7 mi
  • Mixed Oak Forest: 5.9 mi
  • Sawtooth Drop: 12.4 mi
  • Hilltop Stop: 12.6 mi
  • Wynalda Flow Trails Hub: 12.6 mi
Peaks: 6
Rest areas: 3
  • Rockford Rest Area 525: 14.5 mi
  • Saranac Rest Area 532: 17.2 mi
  • Zeeland Rest Area 528: 23.8 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Millennium Park Beach: 13.3 mi
  • Fishing Beach: 16.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

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
Dias HillSW 219°311 m13.1 mi
Baird HillS 180°294 m24.1 mi
Cheney HillsN 358°291 m21.1 mi
Graves HillS 179°280 m22.3 mi
Bettes Tower HillNW 320°260 m19.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:1719:54
June solstice06:0420:4221:25
September equinox07:3019:0419:41
December solstice08:1116:2517:11

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252736485969737164524030
Precip in2.52.12.44.04.03.93.93.63.44.03.12.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grand Rapids, 5 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee58 obs
  • multiflora rose34 obs
  • White-tailed Deer29 obs
  • Golden Oyster Mushroom28 obs
  • Dryad's Saddle26 obs
  • Northern Map Turtle22 obs
  • mayapple22 obs
  • Asian bittersweet22 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/461208204

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