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Jaycee Bicentennial Community Park

Jaycee Bicentennial Community Park from directly overhead

Jaycee Bicentennial Community Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 186 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Lucinda Burns Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 11 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
186 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.25993, -83.24331

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lucinda Burns Park: 0.6 mi
  • Howard Noble Park: 0.9 mi
  • Sudman School Site: 0.9 mi
  • Miller Clapham Park: 0.9 mi
  • Swapka Park: 0.9 mi
Gardens
  • Pardee Secret Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Taylor Conservatory Botanical Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Blumrosen Memorial Rose Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Organic Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Cadillac Urban Garden: 8.5 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Five Replica Homes of Great Americans: 2.6 mi
  • Rouge Park cannon: 6.0 mi
  • Fort Wayne: 7.9 mi
  • Geodesic Dome House: 9.5 mi
  • Las Tres Rocas (MTB feature): 9.5 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Thomas Alva Edison Statue: 3.2 mi
  • James Howard Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • Toll Gate Monument: 3.7 mi
  • Melvindale Veterans Memorial: 3.7 mi
  • Eureka Way: 4.3 mi
Nature reserves
  • Sassafras Trails Nature Center: 7.3 mi
  • Hennepin Marsh Preserve: 7.4 mi
  • Hennepin Marsh Gateway: 7.4 mi
  • The Wildlife Sanctuary: 8.2 mi
  • Stout Woods Open Space: 9.5 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • Big Bend Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
  • Indian Ridge Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
  • Washago Pond Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
  • Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
Beaches: 12
  • Belle Isle Beach: 14.7 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 15.9 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 20.7 mi
  • Little Beach: 20.9 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 21.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Belleville Rest Area: 14.4 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 16.0 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Mt Tom: 18.4 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 19.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Halsted HillNNW 332°297 m19.2 mi
Mt TomN 351°257 m18.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5720:3121:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice07:5916:1917:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252736485969737164524031
Precip in2.52.32.33.33.63.33.53.23.02.92.72.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dearborn, 4 mi away.

  • Monarch21 obs
  • Ailanthus Webworm Moth13 obs
  • Black Swallowtail12 obs
  • American Robin11 obs
  • American pokeweed11 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle10 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee9 obs
  • Small White8 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/385511269

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