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Marscot Park

Marscot Park from directly overhead

Marscot Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 269 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Hope Soccer Complex, a park 0.7 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 129 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
City of Lansing

How to reach it

Coordinates42.66616, -84.52797

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Totem Pole: 3.0 mi
  • REO Town Sign: 4.2 mi
  • Rooster Square: 4.5 mi
  • Victoria: 4.6 mi
  • Earvin "Magic" Johnson: 4.6 mi
Nature reserves: 45
Historic sites: 43
Gardens: 27
  • North School Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Webster Farms Community Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Community Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Backyard Gardens: 3.5 mi
  • Sensory Gardens: 3.5 mi
Museums: 19
Rest areas: 9
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 2.8 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 2.8 mi
  • Okemos Rest Area 811: 6.2 mi
  • Potterville Rest Area 829: 9.8 mi
  • Grand Ledge Rest Area 825: 13.2 mi
Picnic sites: 9
Attractions: 8
Peaks: 5
Beaches: 3
  • Bitcoin Beach North: 19.9 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 20.1 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 20.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Teaspoon HillSSE 161°320 m13.6 mi
Jerusalem HillsSSW 207°297 m21.5 mi
Holibaugh HillsSSW 205°296 m19.1 mi
Mount NethawayNE 49°267 m24.0 mi
Hog IslandNE 56°259 m24.7 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, 2 mi away.

  • bloodroot25 obs
  • White-tailed Deer22 obs
  • Common Garter Snake19 obs
  • mayapple19 obs
  • wide leek18 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty17 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel14 obs
  • Downy Woodpecker14 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/588260881

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