Lightning Bend Park

Lightning Bend Park: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this park: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Lightning Bend Park

Season: Year-round, evenings.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Lightning Bend Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.09487, -85.20259. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Lightning Bend Park

• Murray Lake · lake · Kent · ~20 km · Must-see
• Fallasburg Covered Bridge · sanctuary · Kent · ~20 km · Must-see
• Ionia State Recreation Area · sanctuary · Ionia · ~22 km · Must-see
• Lake Bella Vista · lake · Kent · ~32 km · Must-see
• Ada Covered Bridge · sanctuary · Kent · ~35 km · Must-see
• Cowden Lake · lake · Montcalm · ~40 km · Must-see
• Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park · sanctuary · Kent · ~42 km · Must-see
• Lamberton Lake · lake · Kent · ~45 km · Must-see
• Reeds Lake · lake · Kent · ~45 km · Must-see
• Fisk Lake · lake · Kent · ~47 km · Must-see
• Crescent Park · park · Kent · ~50 km · Must-see
• Park Congregational Church · church · Kent · ~50 km · Must-see
• Roger B. Chaffee · attraction · Kent · ~51 km · Must-see
• Grand Rapids Art Museum · church · Kent · ~51 km · Must-see
• Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum · museum · Kent · ~51 km · Must-see
• Maple River State Game Area · sanctuary · Clinton · ~53 km · Must-see
• John Ball Park · park · Kent · ~54 km · Must-see
• Hopewell Indian Mounds Park · sanctuary · Kent · ~58 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Lightning Bend Park

Other parks near Lightning Bend Park

• Crescent Park · park · Kent · ~50 km · Must-see
• John Ball Park · park · Kent · ~54 km · Must-see
• Millennium Park · park · Kent · ~59 km · Must-see
• Frances Park · park · Ingham · ~81 km · Must-see
• Sleepy Hollow State Park · park · Clinton · ~83 km · Must-see
• Crego Park · park · Ingham · ~87 km · Must-see
• Horticultural Garden · park · Ingham · ~91 km · Must-see
• Leila Arboretum · park · Calhoun · ~105 km · Must-see
• Grand Haven State Park · park · Ottawa · ~106 km · Must-see
• P.J. Hoffmaster State Park · park · Muskegon · ~108 km · Must-see

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