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Lakeside Park

Lakeside Park from directly overhead

Lakeside Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 278 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the southeast, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Howell City Park, a park 0.4 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 126 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates42.62021, -83.91873

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Howell City Park: 0.4 mi
  • Northwest Fields and Playground: 0.6 mi
  • City Boat Lauch: 0.7 mi
  • Page Athletic Field: 0.8 mi
  • Autumn Creek Park: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • MTB Rock Garden: 9.0 mi
  • MTB Jump: 9.0 mi
  • MTB Jump: 9.0 mi
  • MTB Jump: 9.0 mi
  • MTB Jump: 9.0 mi
Picnic sites: 29
  • Hippo Hill: 8.0 mi
  • Placeway Bridge Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
  • Huron River Site: 13.5 mi
  • West Boat Launch Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
  • Island Road Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
Peaks: 23
  • Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North): 7.9 mi
  • Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South): 8.0 mi
  • Peach Mountain: 15.0 mi
  • Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 15.2 mi
  • Genesee County High Point: 15.3 mi
Artworks: 20
Beaches: 17
  • Waldenwoods Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Clover Beach: 14.4 mi
  • Maple Beach: 15.4 mi
Historic sites: 13
  • 9/11 Memorial: 9.1 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 9.3 mi
  • Old Homestead: 11.4 mi
  • Linden Veterans Memorial: 15.3 mi
  • Fenton Veterans Memorial: 15.7 mi
Museums: 10
  • Howell Area Historical Society: 0.9 mi
  • Florence B. Dearing Museum: 8.7 mi
  • A. J. Phillips Museum, Fenton Historical Society: 16.1 mi
  • Milford Historical Society: 16.4 mi
  • Witch's Hat Depot Museum: 17.7 mi
Gardens: 9
Rest areas: 7
  • Howell Rest Area 812: 2.3 mi
  • Fenton Rest Area 624: 17.6 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 20.3 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 22.9 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 23.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)SE 136°405 m8.0 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)SE 134°399 m7.9 mi
Mount KanzerE 90°351 m16.4 mi
Mount OmichE 88°347 m17.0 mi
Cassidy KameSSW 204°344 m20.3 mi
Mount HollyNE 51°340 m22.9 mi
Teeple HillE 87°336 m18.6 mi
Peak 1083E 87°330 m18.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1119:48
June solstice05:5920:3521:18
September equinox07:2418:5819:35
December solstice08:0316:2017:06

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534465767716962503929
Precip in2.11.62.02.93.63.73.03.63.12.92.42.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Howell Wwtp, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Goldfinch96 obs
  • White-tailed Deer87 obs
  • House Finch81 obs
  • Spring Peeper76 obs
  • Northern Cardinal57 obs
  • Monarch47 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle46 obs
  • Downy Woodpecker41 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/543835541

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