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Cook Park

Cook Park from directly overhead

Cook Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 231 m. Mount Christie stands 387 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Polk Park, a park 1.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 98 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
231 m

What to expect

Operated by
City of Flint
Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates43.01521, -83.64171

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Polk Park: 1.1 mi
  • Kelley Lake Park: 1.1 mi
  • Common Wealth Triangle Park: 1.1 mi
  • Common Wealth Triangle Park: 1.2 mi
  • Atherton East Park: 1.3 mi
Museums: 17
  • Buick Automotive Gallery: 1.9 mi
  • Sloan Museum: 2.0 mi
  • Whaley House Musuem: 2.2 mi
  • Grand Blanc Heritage Museum: 6.2 mi
  • Davison Area Historical Museum: 6.5 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • Burton Veterans' Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • Columbiaville Veterans Memorial: 15.2 mi
  • Columbiaville Veterans Memorial: 15.2 mi
  • Fenton House: 15.3 mi
  • Linden Veterans Memorial: 15.4 mi
Attractions: 11
Gardens: 9
  • Art Miles Community Garden: 11.7 mi
  • Tyrone Sunken Garden: 18.0 mi
  • Hana's Garden: 20.9 mi
  • Rose Garden: 22.2 mi
  • Native Plant Gardens: 22.7 mi
Peaks: 9
Beaches: 8
  • South Shore Beach: 6.0 mi
  • North Shore Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Day Camp Beach: 10.0 mi
  • Overnight Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Buttercup Beach: 11.4 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Clio Rest Area 612: 11.7 mi
  • Swartz Creek Rest Area 627: 11.9 mi
  • Fenton Rest Area 624: 13.3 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 20.4 mi
  • Five Lakes Rest Area 629: 21.4 mi
Artworks: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Stepping Stone Falls: 4.5 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ChristieESE 119°387 m18.4 mi
Kerr HillESE 123°367 m15.1 mi
Pine KnobSE 144°367 m23.3 mi
Enders HillSSE 148°366 m14.8 mi
Waterford HillSSE 151°342 m24.0 mi
Mount HollySSE 164°340 m13.5 mi
Genesee County High PointSSW 194°315 m16.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:0919:47
June solstice05:5620:3521:18
September equinox07:2318:5619:34
December solstice08:0316:1717:03

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232434455766716961503929
Precip in2.41.92.33.33.83.43.53.23.03.02.62.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burton 4N, 4 mi away.

  • ground-ivy7 obs
  • purple loosestrife4 obs
  • dame's rocket3 obs
  • white clover3 obs
  • Japanese Beetle3 obs
  • Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle3 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk2 obs
  • Canada Goose2 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/614115449

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