Sparks Foundation County Park
Sparks Foundation County Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 303 m. Kelso Ridge stands 387 m to the south, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Griffin Park, a park 0.7 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 157 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 303 m
How to reach it
- 157.2 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Griffin Park: 0.7 mi
- Bloomfield Park: 1.1 mi
- Austin Blair Park: 1.4 mi
- Withington Park: 1.5 mi
- Jackson Community Orchard: 1.5 mi
- Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star: 2.3 mi
- The Upside Down: 17.9 mi
- The Upside Down: 17.9 mi
- The Upside Down: 17.9 mi
- The Upside Down: 18.0 mi
- Kate Palmer Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.0 mi
- Gatewood Park: 3.2 mi
- Dahlem Environmental Education Center: 4.5 mi
- Blue Ridge Sportsman's Club: 6.9 mi
- MacCready Nature Reserve: 7.4 mi
- Hatt Hill: 5.5 mi
- Bundy Hill: 12.2 mi
- Sackrider Hill: 12.4 mi
- Prospect Hill: 16.3 mi
- Irish Hill: 17.1 mi
- Ella Sharp Museum: 1.3 mi
- The Coe House Museum: 10.9 mi
- The Lost Railway Museum: 11.2 mi
- Michigan Whitetail Hall of Fame Museum: 11.2 mi
- Concord Universalist Church: 11.5 mi
- Beverley Simmons Bunny: 1.2 mi
- Reality T.V.: 1.3 mi
- Defense of the Flag: 1.5 mi
- Defense of the Flag: 1.5 mi
- Have A Nice Day: 1.6 mi
- McNaughton Family Plot: 4.2 mi
- South Marker: 13.7 mi
- North Marker: 13.9 mi
- Woodstock Manual Labor Institute: 16.2 mi
- Justin James Ward Memorial: 17.5 mi
- Sandstone Rest Area 819: 4.1 mi
- Jackson Rest Area 820: 9.4 mi
- Grass Lake Rest Area: 11.9 mi
- Chelsea Rest Area: 22.5 mi
- Cross Spring: 8.5 mi
- Artesian Well: 13.1 mi
- Baldwin Park artesian well: 15.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 23.9 mi
- Ella Sharp Rose Garden: 1.2 mi
- Hosta Hillside: 21.5 mi
- Barber House Children's Garden: 22.8 mi
- Robert D. Wymer Memorial Pavilion: 9.6 mi
- Island picnic site: 9.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sparks Foundation County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelso Ridge | S 181° | 387 m | 19.9 mi |
| Bundy Hill | S 187° | 381 m | 12.2 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SSE 147° | 372 m | 16.3 mi |
| Hatt Hill | SSE 160° | 348 m | 5.5 mi |
| Irish Hill | SSE 150° | 344 m | 17.1 mi |
| Cassidy Kame | ENE 65° | 344 m | 19.7 mi |
| Sackrider Hill | ENE 66° | 338 m | 12.4 mi |
| Big Kame | ENE 61° | 328 m | 20.1 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 | 21:18 |
| 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, 3 mi away.
- Eastern Forktail19 obs
- White-tailed Deer17 obs
- Eastern Pondhawk17 obs
- Double-striped Bluet17 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel16 obs
- Familiar Bluet15 obs
- Canada Goose13 obs
- White-winged Crossbill13 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/215515738
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