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Marshall Park

Marshall Park from directly overhead

Marshall Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 261 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Ormond Park, a park 0.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 124 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
261 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Lansing
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.74228, -84.52794

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Inspiration: 1.1 mi
  • Rooster Square: 1.1 mi
  • Windlord: 1.1 mi
  • Portrait of a Dreamer: 1.2 mi
  • Sunburst: 1.2 mi
Historic sites: 44
Nature reserves: 44
  • Red Cedar Natural Area: 1.6 mi
  • Ashton Lakes Park: 2.3 mi
  • Fenner Nature Center: 2.4 mi
  • Azaadiikaa Park: 2.6 mi
  • Baker Woodlot and Rachana Rajendra Neotropical Migrant Bird Sanctuary: 3.2 mi
Gardens: 27
Museums: 21
Attractions: 8
Rest areas: 8
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 6.2 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 6.2 mi
  • Okemos Rest Area 811: 7.6 mi
  • Grand Ledge Rest Area 825: 10.3 mi
  • DeWitt Rest Area 831: 10.9 mi
Picnic sites: 7
Peaks: 5
Beaches: 4
  • Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 15.2 mi
  • Bitcoin Beach North: 15.2 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 15.2 mi
  • Clinton Lakes Dog Beach: 21.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Teaspoon HillSSE 166°320 m18.6 mi
Holibaugh HillsSSW 200°296 m24.0 mi
Mount NethawayENE 60°267 m20.9 mi
Hog IslandENE 67°259 m22.1 mi
Bradshaw HillNNE 16°238 m22.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1319:50
June solstice06:0120:3821:21
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 °F242635475868727063514030
Precip in2.11.72.13.33.73.82.93.52.83.22.51.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lansing Capital City AP, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard164 obs
  • Canada Goose146 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel93 obs
  • American Robin81 obs
  • lesser celandine71 obs
  • Great Blue Heron66 obs
  • box elder65 obs
  • House Sparrow62 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/32730087

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