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Jaycee Park

Jaycee Park from directly overhead

Jaycee Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 190 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Lions Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 5.9 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.46798, -83.01017

Named places within 25 miles

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Historic sites
Museums
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Nature reserves
Gardens: 58
  • Center Line Community Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Eastpointe Community Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Decorative Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Friendship Community Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Hope Garden: 4.0 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Accretion Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Little Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 7.8 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 8.7 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 7.2 mi
  • Main picnic site: 7.3 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 7.3 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 7.3 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 7.5 mi
Peaks: 8
  • Mt Tom: 15.2 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 18.3 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 18.4 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 20.0 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 20.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 24.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNW 324°388 m20.3 mi
Bald MountainNW 326°351 m20.0 mi
Mount JudahNW 319°345 m22.4 mi
Fibber MountainNNW 344°302 m18.4 mi
Halsted HillW 277°297 m21.0 mi
Mt. SheldonNNW 343°290 m18.3 mi
Mt TomWNW 285°257 m15.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5620:3121:13
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice07:5916:1717:03

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837486070747365534132
Precip in1.41.42.02.83.53.13.23.13.12.32.21.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit City AP, 4 mi away.

  • Black Swallowtail21 obs
  • Monarch18 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel12 obs
  • White-tailed Deer10 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee9 obs
  • Western Honey Bee8 obs
  • Cross Orbweaver8 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider8 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/620321402

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