Richards Park
Richards Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 195 m. Dias Hill stands 311 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Lowell Area Historical Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Lowell Department of Public Works
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Recreation Park: 0.4 mi
- Creekside Park: 0.7 mi
- Stoney Lakeside Park: 0.8 mi
- Boy Scout Cabin Park: 1.1 mi
- Grand River Riverfront Park: 1.4 mi
- The Cheese: 12.5 mi
- Leaping Gazelle Fountain: 12.5 mi
- Four Open Squares Horizontal Gyratory-Tapered: 12.5 mi
- The Tribute: 12.5 mi
- Bent of Mind: 12.6 mi
- Lowell Area Historical Museum: 0.1 mi
- Boston Saranac Historical Society: 6.6 mi
- Cascade Township Museum: 8.0 mi
- Cannon Township Historical Museum: 10.4 mi
- Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park: 12.5 mi
- Pine Plantation: 2.4 mi
- Mixed Oak Forest: 2.5 mi
- Equestrian Confidence Course: 11.5 mi
- Historic Stagecoach: 16.7 mi
- Sawtooth Drop: 17.1 mi
- Cooper Woodland Presesrve: 1.4 mi
- Bradford Dickinson White Nature Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Wege Foundation Natural Area: 2.4 mi
- Carl Creek Wetlands Preserve: 9.5 mi
- Dolan Nature Sanctuary: 11.0 mi
- Ionia County Infirmary Burials Riverside Drive Site: 10.9 mi
- Dolan Memorial: 11.1 mi
- Sang Yoon: 13.0 mi
- Kiddville Dam: 14.0 mi
- The Castle: 16.0 mi
- Stargazer Gardens: 8.2 mi
- Heirloom Vegetable Patch: 12.5 mi
- Heirloom Vegetable Patch: 12.5 mi
- Bonsai Garden: 12.6 mi
- Zen-Style Garden: 12.6 mi
- Buena Vista Hill: 12.8 mi
- Dias Hill: 18.2 mi
- Graves Hill: 22.8 mi
- Cheney Hills: 23.1 mi
- Baird Hill: 24.6 mi
- Fallasburg Covered Bridge: 3.2 mi
- Ada Covered Bridge: 7.3 mi
- Saranac Rest Area 532: 10.1 mi
- Rockford Rest Area 525: 18.8 mi
- Fishing Beach: 16.7 mi
- Millennium Park Beach: 20.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Richards Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dias Hill | WSW 238° | 311 m | 18.2 mi |
| Baird Hill | SSW 197° | 294 m | 24.6 mi |
| Cheney Hills | NNW 340° | 291 m | 23.1 mi |
| Graves Hill | SSW 198° | 280 m | 22.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:16 | 19:54 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:41 | 21:25 |
| September equinox | 07:29 | 19:03 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 08:10 | 16:24 | 17:10 |
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 | 59 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nwsfo Grand Rapids, 11 mi away.
- Mallard18 obs
- goat's rue8 obs
- common milkweed7 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle7 obs
- Smallmouth Bass7 obs
- Canada anemone7 obs
- Wild Turkey6 obs
- Spongy Moth6 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/470342194
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