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Hayes Park

Hayes Park from directly overhead

Hayes Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 243 m. Mount Misery stands 317 m to the south-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Southside Park, a park 0.7 miles away. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
243 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.26803, -85.55477

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions: 33
Museums: 15
Artworks: 14
Historic sites: 11
Gardens: 6
  • Bell's Beer Garden: 2.3 mi
  • God's Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Community Garden: 19.9 mi
  • People's Plot: 23.4 mi
  • People's Plot: 23.4 mi
Peaks: 6
Rest areas: 3
Beaches: 1
  • Willard Beach: 17.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MiserySSW 208°317 m24.5 mi
Baird HillN 9°294 m22.8 mi
Colon MountainSSE 157°287 m24.3 mi
The HogbackNNE 29°282 m16.6 mi
Graves HillN 9°280 m24.7 mi
Prospect HillWSW 255°244 m17.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:1819:55
June solstice06:0720:4021:23
September equinox07:3019:0419:41
December solstice08:0916:2817:14

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252737496069737163524030
Precip in1.71.32.03.13.73.23.43.73.33.72.51.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kalamazoo Battle Creek Intl AP, 3 mi away.

  • Monarch20 obs
  • Mallard15 obs
  • chicory15 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee15 obs
  • Canada Goose14 obs
  • White-tailed Deer12 obs
  • American Robin11 obs
  • Creek Chub11 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/260051149

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