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Max Brandon Park

Max Brandon Park from directly overhead

Max Brandon Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 238 m. Mount Christie stands 387 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Iroquois Park, a park 0.6 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 95 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
238 m

What to expect

Operated by
City of Flint

How to reach it

Coordinates43.05037, -83.70880

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums: 17
  • Buick Automotive Gallery: 2.4 mi
  • Sloan Museum: 2.4 mi
  • Whaley House Musuem: 2.5 mi
  • Flushing Area Museum: 7.8 mi
  • Clio Historical Museum: 8.9 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • Burton Veterans' Memorial: 7.0 mi
  • Linden Veterans Memorial: 16.6 mi
  • Columbiaville Veterans Memorial: 16.7 mi
  • Columbiaville Veterans Memorial: 16.7 mi
  • Fenton House: 17.4 mi
Peaks: 8
  • Dead Man's Pass: 8.5 mi
  • Mount Holly: 17.0 mi
  • Pinnacle Point: 17.6 mi
  • Genesee County High Point: 18.3 mi
  • Enders Hill: 18.7 mi
Attractions: 8
Beaches: 6
  • South Shore Beach: 8.0 mi
  • North Shore Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Day Camp Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Overnight Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Buttercup Beach: 13.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Clio Rest Area 612: 8.0 mi
  • Swartz Creek Rest Area 627: 9.9 mi
  • Fenton Rest Area 624: 14.9 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 24.0 mi
Gardens: 4
Artworks: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Stepping Stone Falls: 3.6 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ChristieESE 120°387 m22.5 mi
Kerr HillESE 123°367 m19.3 mi
Enders HillSE 143°366 m18.7 mi
Mount HollySSE 155°340 m17.0 mi
Genesee County High PointS 181°315 m18.3 mi
Hog IslandWSW 239°259 m24.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1019:47
June solstice05:5620:3521:18
September equinox07:2318:5719:34
December solstice08:0416:1717:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232533465767716962503929
Precip in2.11.71.93.43.73.13.43.32.93.02.42.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flint 7W, 3 mi away.

  • Red Clover5 obs
  • chicory5 obs
  • American Toad5 obs
  • Mallard3 obs
  • Common Goldeneye3 obs
  • Common Merganser3 obs
  • Canada Goose3 obs
  • ribwort plantain3 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/257682696

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