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Jaycee Park

Jaycee Park from directly overhead

Jaycee Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 203 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northwest, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Laurelwood Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 5.9 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
203 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.59755, -83.11633

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Laurelwood Park: 0.2 mi
  • Long Lake Park: 0.3 mi
  • Putter Park: 0.3 mi
  • Highbury Park: 0.8 mi
  • Sylvan Glen Lake Park: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Historic sites
  • Fountain of Eternal Memories: 2.3 mi
  • Chapel of Psalms: 2.5 mi
  • Guardian Angel Columbarium: 2.6 mi
  • Chapel of Memories: 2.6 mi
  • Chapel of Flowers: 2.6 mi
Gardens
Attractions
  • Burgess-Shadbush Nature Center: 4.4 mi
  • Big Idea Chair: 5.1 mi
  • Step Pools: 5.1 mi
  • Waterfall Pointe: 5.1 mi
  • Adams Road Mastodon: 5.3 mi
Artworks
Beaches: 23
  • Secret Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Baypoint Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 10.8 mi
Peaks: 21
  • Mt. Sheldon: 8.6 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 8.8 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 9.6 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 9.9 mi
  • Mt Tom: 10.6 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • Otter picnic site: 8.5 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 8.5 mi
  • Main picnic site: 8.5 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 8.5 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 8.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 21.3 mi
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 22.5 mi
Cliffs: 1

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 318°388 m9.9 mi
Mount ChristieNNW 332°387 m22.5 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 343°375 m15.6 mi
Pine KnobNW 308°367 m16.3 mi
Kerr HillNW 326°367 m24.9 mi
Enders HillNW 311°366 m24.9 mi
Bald MountainNW 323°351 m9.6 mi
Mount KanzerW 274°351 m24.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5419:32
December solstice08:0016:1717:03

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475968737164514030
Precip in2.21.92.22.93.83.33.13.22.92.93.12.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pontiac Wwtp, 8 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel29 obs
  • White-tailed Deer26 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit26 obs
  • yellow trout lily23 obs
  • bloodroot21 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty18 obs
  • mayapple17 obs
  • Mallard16 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/232806321

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