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Ottawa Hills Park

Ottawa Hills Park from directly overhead

Ottawa Hills Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 255 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the south, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Central Meridian Uplands Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 124 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Meridian Charter Township
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates42.72505, -84.42898

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Orpheus: 2.1 mi
  • Pegasus: 2.2 mi
  • Liberty Hyde Baily: 2.3 mi
  • Sun Seed: 2.3 mi
  • Windows: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves: 45
Historic sites: 44
  • Justin S. Morrill Hall of Agriculture: 2.6 mi
  • Saints' Rest: 2.7 mi
  • The Nation's Pioneer Land-Grant University: 2.7 mi
  • Women's Building Justin Morrill Hall: 2.7 mi
  • Botanical Laboratory: 2.9 mi
Gardens: 28
Museums: 20
Rest areas: 9
  • Okemos Rest Area 811: 3.5 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 4.8 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 4.8 mi
  • Woodbury Rest Area 830: 8.6 mi
  • DeWitt Rest Area 831: 12.9 mi
Attractions: 8
Picnic sites: 7
  • Spartan Village Picnic Shelter: 3.7 mi
  • Covered Picnic Table - Eagle Scout Project: 3.9 mi
  • Picnic Area 6: 8.1 mi
  • Picnic Area 5: 8.2 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 8.2 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Bitcoin Beach North: 14.5 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 15.1 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 15.2 mi
  • Clinton Lakes Dog Beach: 24.2 mi
Peaks: 4
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Teaspoon HillS 182°320 m16.9 mi
Mount NethawayNE 48°267 m17.5 mi
Hog IslandENE 57°259 m18.2 mi
Bradshaw HillN 3°238 m23.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1319:50
June solstice06:0020:3721:20
September equinox07:2619:0019:37
December solstice08:0616:2217:08

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252736485969727164524030
Precip in2.11.61.73.64.43.83.43.43.23.12.61.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — East Lansing 4 S, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • cut-leaved toothwort153 obs
  • dame's rocket145 obs
  • yellow trout lily118 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle103 obs
  • garlic mustard98 obs
  • eastern white pine97 obs
  • White-tailed Deer89 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty86 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/693646702

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