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Onsted Park

Onsted Park from directly overhead

Onsted Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 297 m. Kelso Ridge stands 387 m to the west-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Frances Broehl Memorial No. 1 Nature Sanctuary, a nature reserve 1.7 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 170 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
297 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.00740, -84.18686

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves: 37
Attractions: 29
  • Fitz Overshot Waterwheel: 13.0 mi
  • Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star: 22.1 mi
  • Sky Miles: 22.9 mi
  • The Upside Down: 23.0 mi
  • The Upside Down: 23.0 mi
Museums: 9
Artworks: 9
Peaks: 8
Historic sites: 7
Gardens: 4
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 3
  • Artesian Well: 9.2 mi
  • Cross Spring: 22.7 mi
  • Cold Spring: 24.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kelso RidgeWSW 251°387 m13.8 mi
Bundy HillWNW 283°381 m14.3 mi
Prospect HillWNW 295°372 m4.0 mi
Hatt HillNW 314°348 m14.8 mi
Irish HillW 278°344 m4.0 mi
Cassidy KameNNE 13°344 m24.4 mi
Sackrider HillN 357°338 m20.4 mi
Sugarloaf HillN 10°327 m23.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1219:49
June solstice06:0220:3421:17
September equinox07:2518:5919:36
December solstice08:0216:2417:09

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534465767716963503828
Precip in2.41.92.43.24.03.83.43.33.12.72.82.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tipton 2wnw, 4 mi away.

  • Monarch4 obs
  • Goldenseal3 obs
  • Wild Turkey2 obs
  • common milkweed2 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit2 obs
  • showy orchis2 obs
  • purple pitcher plant2 obs
  • small white lady's-slipper2 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/626972499

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