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Oak Park

Oak Park from directly overhead

Oak Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 256 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Grand Ledge cliff, a cliff less than a tenth of a mile away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 127 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Oak Park is located on a northerly bluff overlooking the Grand River, offering 8.98 acres of quiet park space. A recent expansion of the park nearly doubled the size of the park which now offers nearly 1,180 feet of riverfront.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Grand Ledge

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates42.75798, -84.75252

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Island Park: 0.2 mi
  • Island Park: 0.3 mi
  • Little Fitz Park: 0.3 mi
  • W. Front Street Greenspace: 0.4 mi
  • W. Main Street Greenspace: 0.4 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves: 43
Historic sites: 40
Gardens: 26
  • Formal Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Memorial Rose Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Perennial Butterfly Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Community Garden: 9.8 mi
  • Rain Garden: 9.8 mi
Museums: 22
Attractions: 10
  • Don's Windmill: 7.6 mi
  • White Capitol House: 10.1 mi
  • Michigan State Capitol: 10.1 mi
  • Old Town: 10.3 mi
  • Michigan Millers Fire Engine: 12.0 mi
Rest areas: 9
  • Grand Ledge Rest Area 825: 3.3 mi
  • Portland Rest Area 531: 8.1 mi
  • Potterville Rest Area 829: 8.7 mi
  • DeWitt Rest Area 831: 15.3 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 15.7 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Area 3: 8.6 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 8.6 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 8.6 mi
  • Picnic Area 5: 8.7 mi
  • Picnic Area 6: 8.7 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 21.6 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 21.6 mi
  • Clinton Lakes Dog Beach: 22.2 mi
  • Bitcoin Beach North: 22.6 mi
Peaks: 3
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Teaspoon HillSE 140°320 m24.9 mi
Holibaugh HillsS 172°296 m24.0 mi
The IslandN 2°216 m22.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1419:51
June solstice06:0220:3821:22
September equinox07:2719:0119:38
December solstice08:0716:2317:09

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, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard53 obs
  • Canada Goose48 obs
  • lesser celandine47 obs
  • Greylag Goose44 obs
  • Golden Oyster Mushroom41 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel35 obs
  • tree-of-heaven34 obs
  • Snakewort33 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/593819612

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