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Jaycee Park

Jaycee Park from directly overhead

Jaycee Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 190 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Redford Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 10 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
190 m
Getting there

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Coordinates42.36783, -83.29581
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
  • D-69 Nike Missile Launcher Site (former): 2.1 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile IFC Area (former): 2.5 mi
  • Sorenson House: 2.9 mi
  • Fallen Heroes Monument: 4.3 mi
  • James Howard Memorial: 4.4 mi
Gardens
  • Brightmoor Youth Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Orchard Street Community Garden: 4.0 mi
  • GRDC Rain Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Organic Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Grandmont Rosedale Community Garden: 4.6 mi
Attractions
  • Rouge Park cannon: 3.0 mi
  • Las Tres Rocas (MTB feature): 4.2 mi
  • Tree Climb Feature: 4.3 mi
  • Log Pile Pyramid: 5.6 mi
  • Five Replica Homes of Great Americans: 6.1 mi
Nature reserves
  • Golfview Nature Preserve: 3.3 mi
  • Sunset Park: 4.0 mi
  • Sunset Park: 4.2 mi
  • Bainbridge Park: 4.6 mi
  • Rotary Park Nature Preserve: 4.9 mi
Museums
Picnic sites: 42
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 10.2 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 10.2 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 10.3 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 10.4 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 10.5 mi
Beaches: 22
  • Lone Pine Beach: 13.6 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 14.4 mi
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 15.7 mi
  • Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 16.2 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 16.2 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Mt Tom: 10.8 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 11.4 mi
  • Teeple Hill: 22.5 mi
  • Peak 1083: 22.5 mi
  • Mont Beau: 22.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Belleville Rest Area: 15.3 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 22.6 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
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
Oakland Heights LandfillN 6°388 m23.4 mi
Mount KanzerNW 319°351 m23.2 mi
Bald MountainN 8°351 m23.8 mi
Mount OmichNW 321°347 m23.3 mi
Mount JudahN 360°345 m23.8 mi
Waterford HillNNW 346°342 m24.4 mi
Teeple HillNW 324°336 m22.5 mi
Peak 1083NW 325°330 m22.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5720:3221:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1917:04

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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch31 obs
  • House Sparrow21 obs
  • Black Swallowtail21 obs
  • common milkweed20 obs
  • American Robin18 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade15 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle14 obs
  • creeping thistle14 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/581728306

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