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Linden County Park

Linden County Park from directly overhead

Linden County Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 272 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the south, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Clover Beach, a beach 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 113 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Genesee County
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.80180, -83.78124
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Triangle Park: 0.8 mi
  • Kimble-Sharp Gazebo Park: 1.0 mi
  • Eagle's Wooden Park: 1.0 mi
  • Silver Lake Park: 1.8 mi
  • Silver Lake Hills Dog Park: 2.2 mi
Attractions
  • Lookout Platform: 3.0 mi
  • The Pines: 3.1 mi
  • MTB Rock Garden: 10.9 mi
  • MTB Jump: 11.0 mi
  • MTB Jump: 11.0 mi
Picnic sites: 24
  • Lakeside Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
  • Windfall Hill: 18.8 mi
  • Riverside Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
  • West Shelter: 19.2 mi
  • Spring Hill Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
Beaches: 21
  • Clover Beach: 0.1 mi
  • Overnight Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Day Camp Beach: 7.1 mi
  • Waldenwoods Beach: 10.7 mi
  • Cedar Creek Beach: 17.8 mi
Nature reserves: 20
Peaks: 18
Historic sites: 13
  • Linden Veterans Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Old Homestead: 3.1 mi
  • Fenton Veterans Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • Fenton House: 3.9 mi
  • Knaggs Bridge Area: 13.3 mi
Museums: 13
  • A. J. Phillips Museum, Fenton Historical Society: 3.9 mi
  • Florence B. Dearing Museum: 10.2 mi
  • Grand Blanc Heritage Museum: 11.5 mi
  • Howell Area Historical Society: 15.3 mi
  • Whaley House Musuem: 15.9 mi
Gardens: 9
  • Tyrone Sunken Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Native Plant Gardens: 16.3 mi
  • Milford Community Gardens - Growing Greens: 17.3 mi
  • 51st District Court Community Garden: 21.1 mi
  • Waterford Community Garden: 21.1 mi
Artworks: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • Fenton Rest Area 624: 3.4 mi
  • Swartz Creek Rest Area 627: 12.0 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 15.5 mi
  • Howell Rest Area 812: 16.3 mi
  • Clio Rest Area 612: 24.6 mi
Cliffs: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Stepping Stone Falls: 20.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)S 184°405 m18.3 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)S 184°399 m18.1 mi
Mount ChristieENE 76°387 m23.8 mi
Kerr HillENE 72°367 m20.8 mi
Pine KnobE 101°367 m21.3 mi
Enders HillE 82°366 m15.0 mi
Mount KanzerSE 143°351 m15.7 mi
Mount OmichSE 140°347 m15.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1019:47
June solstice05:5820:3521:18
September equinox07:2318:5719:34
December solstice08:0316:1917:05

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232433455766706861503928
Precip in2.41.92.03.23.83.43.53.33.13.32.52.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Linden Wwtp, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Northern Cardinal5 obs
  • Blue-spotted Salamander5 obs
  • Mallard4 obs
  • American Robin4 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander4 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade4 obs
  • common reed4 obs
  • swamp milkweed4 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/412573988

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