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Minard's Mill Park

Minard's Mill Park from directly overhead

Minard's Mill Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 277 m. Bundy Hill stands 381 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Robert D. Wymer Memorial Pavilion, a picnic site less than a tenth of a mile away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 151 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
277 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Jackson County

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.33769, -84.54724
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Tompkins Bridge: 3.8 mi
  • Trestle Bridge Access Site: 5.0 mi
  • Rod Mills Park: 5.8 mi
  • Baldwin Park: 6.9 mi
  • Maple Grove Bridge Access Site: 7.4 mi
Attractions
  • Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star: 7.2 mi
  • Trail Map Kiosk: 20.5 mi
  • The Upside Down: 22.3 mi
  • The Upside Down: 22.3 mi
  • The Upside Down: 22.3 mi
Nature reserves: 32
Museums: 16
  • Leslie Area Historical Society & Museum: 9.8 mi
  • Ella Sharp Museum: 10.8 mi
  • Concord Universalist Church: 12.1 mi
  • Gardner House Museum: 12.4 mi
  • Miller Farm Eaton Rapids Area Historcal Society: 12.9 mi
Peaks: 13
Artworks: 11
Rest areas: 9
  • Sandstone Rest Area 819: 5.5 mi
  • Jackson Rest Area 820: 6.3 mi
  • Grass Lake Rest Area: 17.3 mi
  • Marshall Rest Area: 19.1 mi
  • Potterville Rest Area 829: 22.3 mi
Historic sites: 8
Gardens: 7
Springs: 3
Picnic sites: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bundy HillSSE 167°381 m20.1 mi
Hatt HillSSE 148°348 m14.8 mi
Cassidy KameE 88°344 m23.8 mi
Sackrider HillE 98°338 m17.4 mi
Big KameE 84°328 m23.6 mi
Sugarloaf HillE 89°327 m22.5 mi
Stofer HillE 84°321 m24.8 mi
Teaspoon HillNNE 29°320 m11.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1319:51
June solstice06:0220:3621:19
September equinox07:2619:0019:37
December solstice08:0516:2417:09

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242736485968727063514030
Precip in1.71.51.92.93.43.63.43.83.02.92.31.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jackson Reynolds FLD, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American cancer-root4 obs
  • Ebony Jewelwing4 obs
  • Bald Eagle2 obs
  • purple coneflower2 obs
  • American sycamore2 obs
  • Brown Marmorated Stink Bug2 obs
  • cutleaf coneflower2 obs
  • Drummond's phlox2 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/689549442

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