Porter Park
Porter Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 261 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Bancroft Park, a park 0.3 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 124 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Lansing
How to reach it
- 123.6 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Deck · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bancroft Park: 0.3 mi
- Groesbeck Park Drain: 0.3 mi
- MUCC Trails: 0.5 mi
- Seventh Park: 0.5 mi
- Ormond Park: 0.7 mi
- Windlord: 1.4 mi
- Elementary: 1.4 mi
- Delight: 1.4 mi
- Newton’s Cube: 1.4 mi
- Geometry: 1.4 mi
- Vivian Stauffer Memorial Grove: 1.1 mi
- Michigan Veteran's Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Joseph E. Warner 1831-1914: 1.5 mi
- YMCA Historic Column: 1.7 mi
- The Kerns Hotel Fire/The Box 23 Club: 1.7 mi
- Ashton Lakes Park: 2.1 mi
- Red Cedar Natural Area: 2.3 mi
- Azaadiikaa Park: 2.3 mi
- Fenner Nature Center: 3.3 mi
- Towar Woods Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Slater Commuity Garden: 1.0 mi
- Shigematsu Memorial Garden: 1.5 mi
- Edible Plant Garden: 1.7 mi
- Community Raspberry Patch: 1.9 mi
- Demonstration Gardens;The Garden Project Demonstration Gardens: 1.9 mi
- Turner-Dodge House: 1.0 mi
- Impression 5 Science Center: 1.7 mi
- R. E. Olds Transportation Museum: 1.8 mi
- Michigan History Museum: 2.2 mi
- African World Museum and Resource Center: 2.3 mi
- Old Town: 1.0 mi
- Michigan Millers Fire Engine: 1.1 mi
- White Capitol House: 1.8 mi
- Michigan State Capitol: 1.9 mi
- John W. Beaumont Memorial Tower: 3.0 mi
- Holt Rest Area 810: 7.0 mi
- Holt Rest Area 810: 7.0 mi
- Okemos Rest Area 811: 8.3 mi
- Grand Ledge Rest Area 825: 9.8 mi
- DeWitt Rest Area 831: 10.0 mi
- Spartan Village Picnic Shelter: 2.9 mi
- Picnic Area 6: 3.8 mi
- Picnic Area 5: 3.8 mi
- Picnic Area 3: 3.9 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 3.9 mi
- Teaspoon Hill: 19.5 mi
- Mount Nethaway: 20.7 mi
- Bradshaw Hill: 21.9 mi
- Hog Island: 22.0 mi
- Holibaugh Hills: 24.7 mi
- Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 14.5 mi
- Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 14.5 mi
- Bitcoin Beach North: 14.6 mi
- Clinton Lakes Dog Beach: 21.0 mi
- Grand Ledge cliff: 11.2 mi
- Baldwin Park artesian well: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Porter Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teaspoon Hill | SSE 166° | 320 m | 19.5 mi |
| Holibaugh Hills | SSW 198° | 296 m | 24.7 mi |
| Mount Nethaway | ENE 62° | 267 m | 20.7 mi |
| Hog Island | ENE 69° | 259 m | 22.0 mi |
| Bradshaw Hill | NNE 17° | 238 m | 21.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:13 | 19:50 |
| 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.
- Mallard82 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel53 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee37 obs
- Canada Goose36 obs
- Great Blue Heron32 obs
- House Sparrow32 obs
- ground-ivy28 obs
- American Robin27 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/607826302
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