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Fordney Park

Fordney Park from directly overhead

Fordney Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 187 m. The nearest named place is Theodore Roethke House Museum, a museum 0.4 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 72 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates43.41435, -83.97893

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums: 29
Gardens: 16
Historic sites: 9
Artworks: 7
  • Dolphan Statue: 4.1 mi
  • Leaping Gazelle Fountain: 6.9 mi
  • I LOVE SVSU: 6.9 mi
  • Annual Ring: 7.1 mi
  • Family Sculpture: 19.3 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Wildlife Blind: 6.3 mi
  • Boardwalk: 6.5 mi
  • Wildlife Blind: 6.7 mi
  • Silent Night Chapel: 14.1 mi
  • Rope Swing: 19.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Bay City Rest Area 605: 8.1 mi
  • Clio Rest Area 612: 20.7 mi
  • Linwood Rest Area 626: 24.1 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Peaks: 1
  • Dead Man's Pass: 21.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1119:48
June solstice05:5620:3721:21
September equinox07:2418:5719:35
December solstice08:0616:1717:03

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534465868727163513929
Precip in2.21.92.03.63.63.53.43.52.72.92.62.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saginaw #3, 1 mi away.

  • House Sparrow14 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel14 obs
  • Mourning Dove13 obs
  • Canada Goose13 obs
  • American Robin12 obs
  • Mallard11 obs
  • Blue Jay11 obs
  • Green Frog11 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/52968032

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