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McKinley Park

McKinley Park from directly overhead

McKinley Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 234 m. Mount Christie stands 387 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Thread Lake Park, a park 0.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 99 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
234 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.99563, -83.67155

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions: 30
Museums: 16
  • Whaley House Musuem: 1.8 mi
  • Sloan Museum: 1.9 mi
  • Buick Automotive Gallery: 2.1 mi
  • Grand Blanc Heritage Museum: 5.2 mi
  • Davison Area Historical Museum: 8.3 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • Burton Veterans' Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • Linden Veterans Memorial: 13.5 mi
  • Fenton House: 13.7 mi
  • Fenton Veterans Memorial: 14.4 mi
  • Columbiaville Veterans Memorial: 17.3 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Dead Man's Pass: 12.5 mi
  • Mount Holly: 12.8 mi
  • Pinnacle Point: 14.0 mi
  • Enders Hill: 14.6 mi
  • Genesee County High Point: 14.7 mi
Beaches: 9
  • South Shore Beach: 8.0 mi
  • North Shore Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Day Camp Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Overnight Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Buttercup Beach: 13.4 mi
Gardens: 8
  • Art Miles Community Garden: 12.5 mi
  • Tyrone Sunken Garden: 16.3 mi
  • Hana's Garden: 21.3 mi
  • Native Plant Gardens: 22.1 mi
  • Rose Garden: 23.3 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Swartz Creek Rest Area 627: 10.1 mi
  • Fenton Rest Area 624: 11.5 mi
  • Clio Rest Area 612: 12.2 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 19.8 mi
  • Five Lakes Rest Area 629: 22.9 mi
Artworks: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Stepping Stone Falls: 5.9 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ChristieESE 114°387 m19.1 mi
Kerr HillESE 116°367 m15.8 mi
Pine KnobSE 139°367 m23.2 mi
Enders HillSE 141°366 m14.6 mi
Waterford HillSE 146°342 m23.7 mi
Mount HollySSE 156°340 m12.8 mi
Genesee County High PointS 189°315 m14.7 mi
Hog IslandWSW 249°259 m24.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1019:47
June solstice05:5620:3521:18
September equinox07:2318:5619:34
December solstice08:0416:1717:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534465767716962503929
Precip in2.01.72.03.13.73.13.43.22.92.82.31.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flint Fcwos, 4 mi away.

  • Eastern Forktail18 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider10 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee8 obs
  • European Paper Wasp7 obs
  • House Sparrow6 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee6 obs
  • Eastern Calligrapher6 obs
  • Black-shouldered Drone Fly6 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/814657920

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