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Howard Woods Sr Recreation Complex

Howard Woods Sr Recreation Complex from directly overhead

Howard Woods Sr Recreation Complex is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 287 m. Kelso Ridge stands 387 m to the south, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Elnora Moorman Plaza, a park 0.3 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 156 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

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City of Jackson

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.23717, -84.39759

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star: 3.4 mi
  • The Upside Down: 16.2 mi
  • The Upside Down: 16.2 mi
  • The Upside Down: 16.2 mi
  • The Upside Down: 16.2 mi
Nature reserves: 39
Peaks: 18
Museums: 14
  • Ella Sharp Museum: 1.9 mi
  • The Coe House Museum: 9.2 mi
  • The Lost Railway Museum: 9.4 mi
  • Michigan Whitetail Hall of Fame Museum: 9.5 mi
  • Concord Universalist Church: 13.2 mi
Artworks: 11
Historic sites: 8
Rest areas: 4
  • Sandstone Rest Area 819: 5.3 mi
  • Jackson Rest Area 820: 9.0 mi
  • Grass Lake Rest Area: 10.1 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 20.8 mi
Gardens: 3
Springs: 3
Picnic sites: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Howard Woods Sr Recreation Complex. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kelso RidgeS 186°387 m20.5 mi
Bundy HillSSW 194°381 m13.0 mi
Prospect HillSSE 153°372 m15.9 mi
Hatt HillS 178°348 m5.6 mi
Irish HillSSE 156°344 m16.8 mi
Cassidy KameENE 64°344 m18.0 mi
Sackrider HillENE 65°338 m10.6 mi
Big KameENE 59°328 m18.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1319:50
June solstice06:0220:3621:18
September equinox07:2619:0019:37
December solstice08:0416:2417:09

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242736485968727063514030
Precip in1.71.51.92.93.43.63.43.83.02.92.31.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jackson Reynolds FLD, 4 mi away.

  • Eastern Fox Squirrel18 obs
  • White-tailed Deer12 obs
  • Grass Spiders12 obs
  • Northern Cardinal11 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird11 obs
  • Northern Flicker11 obs
  • Ailanthus Webworm Moth11 obs
  • Monarch10 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1095905952

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