Meridian-Baseline State Park
Meridian-Baseline State Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 282 m. Hatt Hill stands 348 m to the south, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is South Marker, a historic site 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 143 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
This unique park designates the spot where all township, range and section measurements begin for the entire state of Michigan.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 143.5 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Deck · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Leslie Township Park: 4.1 mi
- Tuttle Park: 4.1 mi
- Russell Park: 4.2 mi
- Maple Grove Bridge Access Site: 5.8 mi
- Mike Levine Lakelands Trail State Park: 6.2 mi
- Wild 100: 4.2 mi
- Phyllis Haehnle Memorial Sanctuary: 7.6 mi
- Ingham Conservation District: 9.0 mi
- Beckwith Preserve: 10.0 mi
- Iosco Natural Area: 11.5 mi
- Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star: 12.6 mi
- Devil's Elbow: 13.5 mi
- Piney Lowlands: 14.1 mi
- The Blue Wave: 14.2 mi
- The Upside Down: 14.2 mi
- deer: 3.8 mi
- Grow: 12.2 mi
- Summer Night Tree: 12.2 mi
- Have A Nice Day: 12.3 mi
- Defense of the Flag: 12.3 mi
- South Marker: 0.1 mi
- North Marker: 0.2 mi
- Justin James Ward Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Justin James Ward Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Mason-Dansiville Electric Line: 9.2 mi
- Dart Tribute Garden: 13.7 mi
- Der Happy Hallow Garden: 14.0 mi
- Ella Sharp Rose Garden: 14.5 mi
- North School Community Garden: 19.6 mi
- Webster Farms Community Garden: 20.8 mi
- Leslie Area Historical Society & Museum: 4.0 mi
- Waterloo Farm Museum: 9.8 mi
- Michigan Whitetail Hall of Fame Museum: 11.2 mi
- Mason Area Historical Museum: 11.5 mi
- The Coe House Museum: 14.1 mi
- Teaspoon Hill: 5.6 mi
- Sackrider Hill: 11.4 mi
- Sugarloaf Hill: 14.3 mi
- Big Kame: 14.5 mi
- Shanahan Hill: 14.6 mi
- Robert D. Wymer Memorial Pavilion: 11.0 mi
- Island picnic site: 11.1 mi
- Spartan Village Picnic Shelter: 21.6 mi
- River Grove Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
- Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
- Jackson Rest Area 820: 5.2 mi
- Grass Lake Rest Area: 11.7 mi
- Sandstone Rest Area 819: 12.5 mi
- Holt Rest Area 810: 17.5 mi
- Holt Rest Area 810: 17.5 mi
- Baldwin Park artesian well: 10.1 mi
- Cross Spring: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Meridian-Baseline State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hatt Hill | S 185° | 348 m | 18.5 mi |
| Cassidy Kame | ESE 109° | 344 m | 15.2 mi |
| Sackrider Hill | SE 136° | 338 m | 11.4 mi |
| Big Kame | ESE 104° | 328 m | 14.5 mi |
| Sugarloaf Hill | ESE 113° | 327 m | 14.3 mi |
| Stofer Hill | ESE 103° | 321 m | 15.7 mi |
| Teaspoon Hill | NW 316° | 320 m | 5.6 mi |
| Prospect Hill | E 93° | 318 m | 16.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:13 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:36 | 21:19 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:00 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 08:04 | 16:23 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 27 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jackson Reynolds FLD, 12 mi away.
- turkey-tail7 obs
- Golden Oyster Mushroom7 obs
- cardinal flower6 obs
- great blue lobelia6 obs
- common jewelweed5 obs
- American pokeweed5 obs
- American jumpseed5 obs
- American tuliptree4 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.
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