Rod Mills Park
Rod Mills Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 294 m. Kelso Ridge stands 387 m to the south, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is R.A. Greene Park, a park 2.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 153 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Blackman Charter Township
How to reach it
- 153.0 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- R.A. Greene Park: 2.1 mi
- Optimist Park: 2.7 mi
- Lions Park: 3.0 mi
- Ganson Street Park: 3.1 mi
- Former State Prison: 3.4 mi
- Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star: 2.8 mi
- The Upside Down: 17.5 mi
- The Upside Down: 17.5 mi
- The Upside Down: 17.6 mi
- The Upside Down: 17.6 mi
- Kate Palmer Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.6 mi
- Wild 100: 7.1 mi
- Gatewood Park: 7.4 mi
- Phyllis Haehnle Memorial Sanctuary: 8.5 mi
- Dahlem Environmental Education Center: 9.1 mi
- Hatt Hill: 10.0 mi
- Sackrider Hill: 12.3 mi
- Teaspoon Hill: 12.8 mi
- Holibaugh Hills: 14.6 mi
- Jerusalem Hills: 15.2 mi
- Ella Sharp Museum: 5.8 mi
- Leslie Area Historical Society & Museum: 10.8 mi
- Michigan Whitetail Hall of Fame Museum: 11.2 mi
- The Coe House Museum: 12.2 mi
- The Lost Railway Museum: 12.4 mi
- Defense of the Flag: 3.7 mi
- Defense of the Flag: 3.7 mi
- Have A Nice Day: 3.8 mi
- Grow: 3.8 mi
- Summer Night Tree: 4.0 mi
- McNaughton Family Plot: 4.1 mi
- South Marker: 9.8 mi
- North Marker: 9.9 mi
- Justin James Ward Memorial: 13.3 mi
- Justin James Ward Memorial: 13.3 mi
- Sandstone Rest Area 819: 2.9 mi
- Jackson Rest Area 820: 5.0 mi
- Grass Lake Rest Area: 12.0 mi
- Chelsea Rest Area: 23.0 mi
- Marshall Rest Area: 23.8 mi
- Ella Sharp Rose Garden: 5.7 mi
- Dart Tribute Garden: 21.3 mi
- Der Happy Hallow Garden: 22.0 mi
- Cross Spring: 10.9 mi
- Baldwin Park artesian well: 11.4 mi
- Artesian Well: 17.7 mi
- Robert D. Wymer Memorial Pavilion: 5.8 mi
- Island picnic site: 5.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rod Mills Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelso Ridge | S 179° | 387 m | 24.4 mi |
| Bundy Hill | S 182° | 381 m | 16.6 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SSE 152° | 372 m | 20.6 mi |
| Hatt Hill | SSE 164° | 348 m | 10.0 mi |
| Cassidy Kame | ENE 78° | 344 m | 19.2 mi |
| Irish Hill | SSE 154° | 344 m | 21.6 mi |
| Sackrider Hill | E 88° | 338 m | 12.3 mi |
| Big Kame | ENE 74° | 328 m | 19.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:13 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:36 | 21:19 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:00 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 08:04 | 16:24 | 17:09 |
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 | 27 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jackson Reynolds FLD, 2 mi away.
- Brown Marmorated Stink Bug4 obs
- American Toad3 obs
- Western Honey Bee2 obs
- Seven-spotted Lady Beetle2 obs
- Red Clover2 obs
- Eastern Cottonwood2 obs
- chicory2 obs
- prickly lettuce2 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/1096062700
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