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Jaycee Park

Jaycee Park from directly overhead

Jaycee Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 297 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northeast, 2.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Optimist Park, a park 1.2 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 2.5 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
297 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.67599, -83.28391
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
  • Hulbert Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.4 mi
  • Staff Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.1 mi
  • Amberwood Conservation Area: 2.6 mi
  • E. Dale Fisk Hawk Woods Nature Center: 2.8 mi
  • Gingell Nature Area: 3.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Lakeside Park Turtle Statue: 1.7 mi
  • The Buckley Fountain: 2.5 mi
  • Michigan Fallen Heroes Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • Major Oliver Williams Farm Site: 3.2 mi
  • Webb Memorial: 5.3 mi
Attractions
  • Covered Bridge: 2.8 mi
  • (some steel object projecting out of the water): 3.8 mi
  • Reed Island Sandbar: 4.7 mi
  • Pavilion and Carousel: 4.8 mi
  • Adams Road Mastodon: 4.8 mi
Artworks
Museums: 53
Gardens: 53
  • DAR Never Forget Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Pumpkin Patch: 5.7 mi
  • Farm Garden: 5.9 mi
  • McLaren Healing Gardens: 6.0 mi
  • Rotary Pollination Park: 6.9 mi
Picnic sites: 32
  • Rose Sortor Gazebo: 5.5 mi
  • West Shelter: 8.3 mi
  • Southdale Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
  • Lakeside Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 15.1 mi
Peaks: 24
Beaches: 23
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Aero View Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Kelly Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Russell Beach: 9.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 11.2 mi
  • Five Lakes Rest Area 629: 23.0 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
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 LandfillNE 44°388 m2.7 mi
Mount ChristieN 352°387 m14.6 mi
Grampian HillsNNE 23°375 m10.3 mi
Pine KnobNW 317°367 m6.4 mi
Kerr HillNNW 340°367 m16.1 mi
Enders HillNW 316°366 m15.0 mi
Bald MountainNE 51°351 m3.5 mi
Mount KanzerWSW 256°351 m16.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3221:15
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0116:1717:03

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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Wild Turkey16 obs
  • Mourning Dove7 obs
  • wild geranium7 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle7 obs
  • fall phlox7 obs
  • Northern Cardinal6 obs
  • White-tailed Deer6 obs
  • mayapple6 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/468633233

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