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Dayton Park

Dayton Park from directly overhead

Dayton Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 217 m. Mount Christie stands 387 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park, a park 0.4 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 97 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates43.03135, -83.68033

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums: 17
  • Buick Automotive Gallery: 0.5 mi
  • Sloan Museum: 0.6 mi
  • Whaley House Musuem: 0.8 mi
  • Grand Blanc Heritage Museum: 7.7 mi
  • Davison Area Historical Museum: 8.3 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • Burton Veterans' Memorial: 5.2 mi
  • Linden Veterans Memorial: 15.7 mi
  • Fenton House: 16.1 mi
  • Columbiaville Veterans Memorial: 16.1 mi
  • Columbiaville Veterans Memorial: 16.1 mi
Attractions: 11
Beaches: 8
  • South Shore Beach: 7.0 mi
  • North Shore Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Day Camp Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Overnight Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Buttercup Beach: 12.4 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Dead Man's Pass: 10.0 mi
  • Mount Holly: 15.2 mi
  • Pinnacle Point: 15.6 mi
  • Enders Hill: 16.8 mi
  • Genesee County High Point: 17.1 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Clio Rest Area 612: 9.8 mi
  • Swartz Creek Rest Area 627: 10.5 mi
  • Fenton Rest Area 624: 13.8 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 22.2 mi
  • Five Lakes Rest Area 629: 23.4 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Art Miles Community Garden: 10.0 mi
  • Tyrone Sunken Garden: 18.6 mi
  • Rose Garden: 20.8 mi
  • Hana's Garden: 23.2 mi
  • Native Plant Gardens: 24.5 mi
Artworks: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Stepping Stone Falls: 3.7 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ChristieESE 119°387 m20.6 mi
Kerr HillESE 122°367 m17.4 mi
Enders HillSE 145°366 m16.8 mi
Mount HollySSE 158°340 m15.2 mi
Genesee County High PointS 186°315 m17.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1019:47
June solstice05:5620:3521:18
September equinox07:2318:5719:34
December solstice08:0416:1717:03

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232533465767716962503929
Precip in2.11.71.93.43.73.13.43.32.93.02.42.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flint 7W, 5 mi away.

  • Eastern Forktail18 obs
  • Ivory Gull11 obs
  • Canada Goose9 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider9 obs
  • chicory8 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee8 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee7 obs
  • ground-ivy7 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/609386592

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