Lay Park
Lay Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. Exodus Hill stands 370 m to the west, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Enspire, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Traverse City
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Rotary Square: 0.1 mi
- American Legion Park: 0.1 mi
- Hannah Park: 0.1 mi
- J. Smith Walkway: 0.2 mi
- Open Space Park: 0.4 mi
- Hickory Forest Natural Area: 2.5 mi
- Miller Creek Nature Reserve: 2.6 mi
- Mitchell Creek Nature Sanctuary: 3.1 mi
- Pelizzari Natural Area: 3.4 mi
- DeYoung Natural Area: 3.5 mi
- Enspire: 0.0 mi
- Perry Hannah: 0.0 mi
- Greetings from Traverse City: 0.2 mi
- Autumn, 1989: 0.4 mi
- Untitled: 0.4 mi
- Wayne Hill: 1.7 mi
- Morgan Hill: 2.1 mi
- Hickory Hill: 2.2 mi
- Carpenter Hill: 3.2 mi
- Exodus Hill: 4.2 mi
- Dennos Museum Center: 1.8 mi
- Music House Museum: 7.0 mi
- Lake Ann Historical Society Museum: 11.3 mi
- Guntzviller's Taxidermy and Spirit of the Woods Museum: 12.4 mi
- Elk Rapids Area Historical Museum: 13.8 mi
- The Cistern: 1.3 mi
- World's Largest Cherry Pie - Pan: 1.7 mi
- Suspendend Overlook: 3.8 mi
- Rope Swing: 5.6 mi
- S-Curve: 7.2 mi
- St. Francis A.D. 1887: 0.3 mi
- Larry Cole Hardy: 0.4 mi
- Grand Traverse Veterans Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Gravesite of Traverse Colantha Walker: 1.4 mi
- Northrup Grave: 12.6 mi
- Salvation Army Daycare Garden: 0.7 mi
- Challengers Island Garden: 0.7 mi
- Hull Park Butterfly Garden: 0.8 mi
- Secret Garden: 1.4 mi
- Koeze Stable Garden: 1.4 mi
- West End Beach: 0.9 mi
- North Beach: 14.1 mi
- Haserot Beach: 15.4 mi
- Torch Lake Sand Bar Public Access Point: 15.9 mi
- Public Access: 16.7 mi
- Dodge Spring: 16.1 mi
- Marl Springs: 21.6 mi
- Chuck Wagon: 12.4 mi
- Jacktown: 17.9 mi
- Empire Bluffs: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lay Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exodus Hill | W 276° | 370 m | 4.2 mi |
| Gallagher Hill | WNW 283° | 355 m | 5.3 mi |
| Varney Hill | W 275° | 337 m | 12.6 mi |
| Champion Hill | WSW 248° | 337 m | 21.5 mi |
| Twin Mountains | SSW 211° | 332 m | 16.6 mi |
| Crystal Mountain | SW 228° | 332 m | 24.7 mi |
| Warner Hill | W 270° | 331 m | 12.5 mi |
| Pierce Hill | SSW 199° | 322 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:16 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:48 | 21:33 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 08:18 | 16:17 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 22 | 30 | 41 | 54 | 64 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Traverse City Munson, 1 mi away.
- Mallard125 obs
- Mute Swan61 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel51 obs
- American Herring Gull51 obs
- Common Merganser47 obs
- box elder40 obs
- staghorn sumac36 obs
- Common Goldeneye34 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/112519422
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