Oak Park
Oak Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 259 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Vivian Stauffer Memorial Grove, a historic site 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 125 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 259 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Lansing
How to reach it
- 124.7 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Deck · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Inspiration: 0.4 mi
- Windlord: 0.4 mi
- Portrait of a Dreamer: 0.6 mi
- Sunburst: 0.6 mi
- Newton’s Cube: 0.6 mi
- Larch Park: 0.5 mi
- Rotary Park: 0.5 mi
- Wentworth Park: 0.6 mi
- Durant Park: 0.6 mi
- Turner Mini Park: 0.7 mi
- Vivian Stauffer Memorial Grove: 0.1 mi
- Joseph E. Warner 1831-1914: 0.5 mi
- Michigan Veteran's Memorial: 0.6 mi
- The Kerns Hotel Fire/The Box 23 Club: 0.6 mi
- Remembrance Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Red Cedar Natural Area: 2.0 mi
- Fenner Nature Center: 2.4 mi
- Ashton Lakes Park: 3.0 mi
- Azaadiikaa Park: 3.2 mi
- Bear Lake Natural Area: 3.5 mi
- Shigematsu Memorial Garden: 0.6 mi
- Edible Plant Garden: 0.6 mi
- Rain Garden: 1.2 mi
- Scott Sunken Garden: 1.2 mi
- Cooley Gardens: 1.3 mi
- Impression 5 Science Center: 0.6 mi
- R. E. Olds Transportation Museum: 0.7 mi
- Turner-Dodge House: 1.0 mi
- Michigan History Museum: 1.2 mi
- African World Museum and Resource Center: 1.5 mi
- Old Town: 0.7 mi
- Michigan State Capitol: 0.8 mi
- White Capitol House: 0.9 mi
- Michigan Millers Fire Engine: 1.3 mi
- John W. Beaumont Memorial Tower: 3.0 mi
- Holt Rest Area 810: 6.3 mi
- Holt Rest Area 810: 6.4 mi
- Okemos Rest Area 811: 8.1 mi
- Grand Ledge Rest Area 825: 9.7 mi
- DeWitt Rest Area 831: 11.1 mi
- Spartan Village Picnic Shelter: 2.5 mi
- Picnic Area 6: 2.8 mi
- Picnic Area 5: 2.9 mi
- Picnic Area 3: 2.9 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 2.9 mi
- Teaspoon Hill: 18.6 mi
- Mount Nethaway: 21.6 mi
- Hog Island: 22.8 mi
- Bradshaw Hill: 23.1 mi
- Holibaugh Hills: 23.6 mi
- Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 15.6 mi
- Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 15.7 mi
- Bitcoin Beach North: 15.7 mi
- Clinton Lakes Dog Beach: 21.9 mi
- Grand Ledge cliff: 10.8 mi
- Baldwin Park artesian well: 20.9 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teaspoon Hill | SSE 164° | 320 m | 18.6 mi |
| Holibaugh Hills | SSW 198° | 296 m | 23.6 mi |
| Mount Nethaway | ENE 60° | 267 m | 21.6 mi |
| Hog Island | ENE 67° | 259 m | 22.8 mi |
| Bradshaw Hill | NNE 18° | 238 m | 23.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:13 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:38 | 21:21 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:00 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 08:06 | 16:22 | 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 | 26 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lansing Capital City AP, 4 mi away.
- Mallard132 obs
- Canada Goose69 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel69 obs
- House Sparrow52 obs
- American Robin50 obs
- Northern Cardinal43 obs
- Northern Map Turtle43 obs
- Great Blue Heron40 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/32727430
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