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MacKay-Jaycee Park

MacKay-Jaycee Park from directly overhead

MacKay-Jaycee Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 215 m. Dias Hill stands 311 m to the south, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Ken-O-Sha Park, a park 0.6 miles away. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.91566, -85.63467

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ken-O-Sha Park: 0.6 mi
  • Seymour Park: 0.6 mi
  • Ottawa Hills Park: 0.7 mi
  • Paris Park: 0.7 mi
  • Plaster Creek: 0.7 mi
Artworks
  • The Cheese: 2.5 mi
  • Abstract Steel Sculpture: 2.9 mi
  • Rapid Central Bike Parking: 3.5 mi
  • ArtPost Ferguson Apartments: 3.5 mi
  • ArtPost Verne Barry Place: 3.6 mi
Museums: 23
Historic sites: 18
Attractions: 15
  • Boynton's Landing: 8.5 mi
  • Pine Plantation: 13.4 mi
  • Sawtooth Drop: 13.5 mi
  • Hilltop Stop: 13.5 mi
  • Boulder Jump: 13.6 mi
Gardens: 13
Peaks: 7
Rest areas: 3
  • Rockford Rest Area 525: 15.6 mi
  • Zeeland Rest Area 528: 16.1 mi
  • Saranac Rest Area 532: 24.2 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Millennium Park Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Fishing Beach: 16.7 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dias HillS 185°311 m8.3 mi
Baird HillSSE 161°294 m23.4 mi
Cheney HillsNNE 16°291 m24.0 mi
Graves HillSSE 159°280 m21.7 mi
Bettes Tower HillNNW 343°260 m17.4 mi
Beach HillSW 219°242 m23.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:1819:55
June solstice06:0520:4221:26
September equinox07:3019:0419:42
December solstice08:1116:2617:12

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465867716962503929
Precip in2.72.12.64.14.44.03.33.13.53.73.32.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Grand Rapids, 2 mi away.

  • common motherwort53 obs
  • Monarch42 obs
  • White-tailed Deer41 obs
  • dame's rocket39 obs
  • eastern redbud39 obs
  • common milkweed36 obs
  • mayapple36 obs
  • Virginia bluebells36 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/225056793

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