Park · Michigan
Defoe Park
Defoe Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. The nearest named place is River Bend West Nature Area, a park 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 58 miles off.
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates43.61046, -83.89197
- 58.2 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- River Bend West Nature Area: 0.1 mi
- Nate Doan Park: 0.7 mi
- Ed Golson Outdoor Educational Park: 0.8 mi
- Wenonah Park: 0.9 mi
- Pershing Park: 0.9 mi
Museums: 24
- Bay County Historical Society: 1.2 mi
- USS Edson: 1.2 mi
- Antique Toy and Firehouse Museum Pump Station No. 3: 1.4 mi
- Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum: 7.6 mi
- Mid-Michigan Children's Museum: 12.5 mi
Gardens: 15
- Saginaw Art Museum Garden: 13.2 mi
- Circle Area Community Garden: 16.7 mi
- Snake Creek Overlook: 17.9 mi
- Dow Gardens Welcome Center: 17.9 mi
- Stream Walk: 18.0 mi
Historic sites: 9
- Veterans Park War Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Monument: 0.9 mi
- Al Kaner: 5.8 mi
- Feldt-Houthoofd Waterfall: 17.3 mi
- Larkin Baseball Memorial: 17.6 mi
Artworks: 7
- Annual Ring: 7.4 mi
- I LOVE SVSU: 7.5 mi
- Leaping Gazelle Fountain: 7.6 mi
- Dolphan Statue: 10.2 mi
- Family Sculpture: 18.0 mi
Nature reserves: 7
- Fraser Township State Game Area: 13.4 mi
- Fraser Township No. 1 State Game Area: 16.2 mi
- Pinconning Township State Game Area: 19.3 mi
- Chippewa Nature Center: 19.5 mi
- Unionville-Sebewaing Area FFA Nature Reserve: 22.3 mi
Attractions: 7
- Rope Swing: 18.4 mi
- Wooden Jump: 18.5 mi
- Heritage Park: 18.8 mi
- Wildlife Blind: 19.4 mi
- Boardwalk: 19.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Bay City Rest Area 605: 6.2 mi
- Linwood Rest Area 626: 12.2 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:10 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:37 | 21:21 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:57 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 08:07 | 16:15 | 17:02 |
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 | 23 | 24 | 33 | 45 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 51 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Essexville, 2 mi away.
- Mallard34 obs
- Japanese Beetle18 obs
- Tan Jumping Spider17 obs
- Great Egret17 obs
- Ring-billed Gull16 obs
- House Sparrow16 obs
- Mourning Dove15 obs
- Canada Goose15 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.
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