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Sharp Park

Sharp Park from directly overhead

Sharp Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 264 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Grand Woods Park, a park 1.0 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 126 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.74766, -84.62830

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Sail: 2.1 mi
  • Polaris Ring: 3.5 mi
  • Tut-Tut: 3.8 mi
  • The Rise and Progress of Michigan: 3.8 mi
  • Geometry: 3.8 mi
Nature reserves: 43
Gardens: 27
  • Formal Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Memorial Rose Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Perennial Butterfly Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Rain Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Shigematsu Memorial Garden: 3.8 mi
Museums: 21
Attractions: 8
  • White Capitol House: 3.7 mi
  • Michigan State Capitol: 3.8 mi
  • Old Town: 4.0 mi
  • Don's Windmill: 5.4 mi
  • Michigan Millers Fire Engine: 5.7 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Grand Ledge Rest Area 825: 5.6 mi
  • Potterville Rest Area 829: 9.0 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 9.8 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 9.9 mi
  • DeWitt Rest Area 831: 11.8 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Area 3: 2.8 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 2.8 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 2.8 mi
  • Picnic Area 5: 2.8 mi
  • Picnic Area 6: 2.8 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 17.5 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 17.5 mi
  • Bitcoin Beach North: 18.0 mi
  • Clinton Lakes Dog Beach: 21.3 mi
Peaks: 4
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Teaspoon HillSSE 152°320 m20.8 mi
Holibaugh HillsS 187°296 m23.2 mi
Bradshaw HillNNE 28°238 m24.3 mi
The IslandNNW 347°216 m24.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1419:51
June solstice06:0120:3821:21
September equinox07:2619:0019:38
December solstice08:0616:2217:08

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475868727063514030
Precip in2.11.72.13.33.73.82.93.52.83.22.51.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lansing Capital City AP, 2 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer62 obs
  • Golden Oyster Mushroom38 obs
  • dame's rocket28 obs
  • American Toad24 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel23 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty23 obs
  • lesser celandine22 obs
  • Muskrat21 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/39689529

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