Blandford Nature Center

Blandford Nature Center is a park in Kent, Michigan. Blandford Nature Center is situated nearby to the town Walker, as well as near the hamlet Kinney.

Photo: Gpwitteveen, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Park
Description: non-profit organization in the USA
Also known as: “Blanford Nature Center”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shawmut Hills Park and West Catholic High School.

Shawmut Hills Park

Park

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Shawmut Hills Park is situated 1½ miles southeast of Blandford Nature Center.

West Catholic High School is a private Catholic college preparatory secondary school in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It opened in 1962 with loans from Kenowa Hills Public Schools. It is located within the Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids. West Catholic High School is situated 1½ miles east of Blandford Nature Center.

Alpine Estates Park

Park

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Alpine Estates Park is situated 2½ miles northeast of Blandford Nature Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Walker and Grand Rapids.

Walker

Town

Walker is a city in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A suburb of Grand Rapids, Walker borders the city to the north and west. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 25,132. Walker is situated 1½ miles northwest of Blandford Nature Center.

Grand Rapids

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Grand Rapids is in West Michigan, in the United States. Grand Rapids is the second largest city in Michigan with a population of just under 200,000 in the city limits, and nearly 570,000 in the surrounding county.

Heritage Hill Historic District

Neighborhood

Photo: Kent county, Public domain.

Heritage Hill is a residential neighborhood in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is one of the largest urban historic districts in the United States. Heritage Hill Historic District is situated 5 miles southeast of Blandford Nature Center.

Blandford Nature Center

Categories: nonprofit organization and recreation area
Location: Kent, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.9958° or 42° 59′ 45″ north

Longitude

-85.74381° or 85° 44′ 38″ west

Elevation

732 feet (223 metres)

Open location code

86JPX7W4+8F

OpenStreetMap ID

way 238550327

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

7255016

Wikidata ID

Q34831824

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Blandford Nature Center” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Blandford Nature Center”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Kinney and Standale.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Blandford Nature Center Chicken House and Blandford Nature Center Goat, Sheep & Pig House.

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