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Jaycee Park

Jaycee Park from directly overhead

Jaycee Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 197 m. Mount Kanzer stands 351 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Manor Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 15 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.33063, -83.37807
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
  • Holliday Nature Preserve: 1.3 mi
  • Sassafras Trails Nature Center: 2.2 mi
  • City Park: 2.7 mi
  • Madonna Park: 4.1 mi
  • Golfview Nature Preserve: 5.4 mi
Attractions
  • Las Tres Rocas (MTB feature): 1.8 mi
  • Tree Climb Feature: 1.8 mi
  • Log Pile Pyramid: 2.7 mi
  • MTB Skinny: 5.7 mi
  • Stick Tipi's and Lean-to's: 5.8 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Homage To Davinci And Ironwork: 4.0 mi
  • Triangle Stack: 4.0 mi
  • Hello: 6.5 mi
  • Land and Sea: 6.6 mi
  • Three Faces Sculpture "Growing Together": 6.8 mi
Historic sites
  • First Responders Memorial: 4.5 mi
  • Fallen Heroes Monument: 4.6 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 4.6 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 5.4 mi
  • James Howard Memorial: 6.1 mi
Gardens
Picnic sites: 42
  • Washago Pond Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
  • Big Bend Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
  • Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
  • Indian Ridge Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
  • Acorn Knoll Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
Beaches: 18
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 15.9 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 16.3 mi
  • Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 16.3 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 16.4 mi
  • Cebia Beach: 17.5 mi
Peaks: 8
  • Halsted Hill: 12.2 mi
  • Mt Tom: 13.9 mi
  • Mont Beau: 22.3 mi
  • Teeple Hill: 22.6 mi
  • Peak 1083: 22.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Belleville Rest Area: 10.5 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 19.0 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 19.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

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
Mount KanzerNNW 331°351 m22.9 mi
Mount OmichNNW 333°347 m23.2 mi
Teeple HillNNW 337°336 m22.6 mi
Peak 1083NNW 337°330 m22.7 mi
Haven HillNNW 336°323 m23.5 mi
Mont BeauNNW 329°311 m22.3 mi
Halsted HillN 350°297 m12.2 mi
Mt TomNNE 17°257 m13.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:0919:46
June solstice05:5820:3221:14
September equinox07:2218:5619:33
December solstice08:0016:1917:05

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, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Black Swallowtail29 obs
  • White-tailed Deer19 obs
  • Mallard17 obs
  • American Toad17 obs
  • Spicebush Swallowtail16 obs
  • mayapple15 obs
  • lesser periwinkle14 obs
  • Canada Goose13 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/314055782

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