Park · Michigan
Nelson Park
Nelson Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 227 m. The nearest named place is Island Park, a park 0.2 miles away.
How to reach it
Coordinates43.60623, -84.78341
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Island Park: 0.2 mi
- Pickens Fields: 0.3 mi
- Mill Pond Park: 0.3 mi
- Yost Park: 0.5 mi
- Potter Playground: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves: 20
- Winifred Sponseller Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Winawa Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Kjolhede's Kove Preserve: 9.8 mi
- Forest Hill Nature Area: 10.8 mi
- Sherman Section 12 Hunt Club: 11.8 mi
Museums: 14
- Museum of Cultural and Natural History: 1.1 mi
- Discovery Museum: 2.0 mi
- Ziibiwing Center: 3.5 mi
- Railroad Depot Museum: 7.1 mi
- Clare Depot: 14.7 mi
Historic sites: 4
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 0.3 mi
- World War I Veterans Memorial: 0.7 mi
- World War II Veterans Memorial: 0.7 mi
Artworks: 4
- Quadrant: 1.5 mi
- Pond Art: 1.9 mi
- Dragonfly: 2.7 mi
- Dr Drake Statue: 20.5 mi
Attractions: 2
- Greek Rock: 1.3 mi
- Tony's Chicken Statue: 16.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Clare Welcome Center 634: 16.9 mi
- Ithaca Rest Area 632: 19.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Edwnville Falls: 24.9 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:14 | 19:52 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:41 | 21:25 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:01 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 08:10 | 16:19 | 17:06 |
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 | 23 | 24 | 33 | 45 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 50 | 38 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Central Michigan Univ, 2 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer95 obs
- Mallard89 obs
- Green Frog68 obs
- Northern Map Turtle65 obs
- American Robin58 obs
- Painted Turtle57 obs
- Monarch54 obs
- Great Blue Heron49 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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