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Lyons Park

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Lyons Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 263 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Poxson Park, a park 0.4 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 127 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
263 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.70254, -84.53934

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Nature reserves: 44
  • Fenner Nature Center: 1.1 mi
  • Bear Lake Natural Area: 1.7 mi
  • Red Cedar Natural Area: 2.5 mi
  • Sycamore Creek Property: 3.0 mi
  • Baker Woodlot and Rachana Rajendra Neotropical Migrant Bird Sanctuary: 3.4 mi
Historic sites: 44
Gardens: 27
Museums: 20
Rest areas: 9
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 4.4 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 4.4 mi
  • Okemos Rest Area 811: 7.0 mi
  • Potterville Rest Area 829: 10.1 mi
  • Grand Ledge Rest Area 825: 11.1 mi
Attractions: 8
Picnic sites: 7
Peaks: 5
Beaches: 4
  • Bitcoin Beach North: 17.8 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 17.9 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 18.0 mi
  • Clinton Lakes Dog Beach: 24.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Teaspoon HillSSE 162°320 m16.2 mi
Jerusalem HillsSSW 203°297 m23.6 mi
Holibaugh HillsSSW 201°296 m21.2 mi
Mount NethawayNE 55°267 m22.9 mi
Hog IslandENE 61°259 m23.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1319:50
June solstice06:0120:3721:20
September equinox07:2619:0019:37
December solstice08:0616:2217:08

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252736485969727164524030
Precip in2.11.61.73.64.43.83.43.43.23.12.61.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — East Lansing 4 S, 3 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer550 obs
  • Painted Turtle141 obs
  • Canada Goose126 obs
  • Mallard125 obs
  • American Robin112 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel100 obs
  • American Red Squirrel97 obs
  • Northern Cardinal92 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/32966996

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